Douglas Carnegie

Who was Douglas Carnegie?

Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas George Carnegie was a British politician.

He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot.

Carnegie was commissioned into the 3rd 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.

He married Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas, daughter of Arthur Henry Johnstone-Douglas and Jane Maitland Stewart, on 26 April 1894 and had four children:

John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk

David Alexander Carnegie

Lady Jean Douglas Carnegie

Margaret Carnegie