Douglas Carnegie | |
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Member of Parliament for Winchester | |
In office 1916–1918 | |
Preceded by | Guy Baring |
Succeeded by | George Hennessy |
Personal details | |
Born | Douglas George Carnegie 4 January 1870 |
Died | 27 February 1937 | (aged 67)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas
(after 1894) |
Relations | Robert Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk (grandson) |
Children | 4, including John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk |
Parent(s) | George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot |
Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Douglas George Carnegie (4 January 1870 – 27 February 1937) was a British politician who was Conservative Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1916 to 1918.
He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot.[1]
Carnegie was commissioned into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment in 1888. He resigned his commission as a major in 1905. From 1917 to 1918 he served with the Labour Corps and was promoted lieutenant-colonel.[1]
From 1916 to 1918, he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Winchester.[1]
He married Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas, daughter of Arthur Henry Johnstone-Douglas and Jane Maitland Stewart, on 26 April 1894. Together, they lived at Fair Oak, Rogate, Sussex, and had four children:[1]
Carnegie died on 27 February 1937. In 1963,[2] his eldest son John succeeded his nephew David[2] to become the 12th Earl of Northesk.[1]