Earl of Northesk

Earl of Northesk
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Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Or, an Eagle displayed Azure, armed, beaked and membered Sable, and charged on the breast with a Naval Crown Or (Carneigie); 2nd & 3rd, Argent, a Pale Gules (Earldom of Northesk). Crests: 1st, The stern of a French Man-of-War with three Lanthorns, all proper, inflamed Gules, on a Scroll the word TRAFALGAR; 2nd, Issuant from a Naval Crown Or, a Demi-Leopard proper, holding a Rose Argent, barbed and seeded proper, on a Scroll the words BRITANNIA VICTRIX. Supporters: on either side a Leopard reguardant proper, gorged with Roses Argent, barbed and seeded Vert, each supporting a Banner of St George proper.
Creation date 1 November 1647
Creation First
Monarch Charles I
Peerage Peerage of Scotland
First holder James Carnegie
Present holder Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
Heir presumptive Hon. Colin Carnegy
Remainder to the 1st Earl’s heirs male forever
Subsidiary titles Lord Rosehill and Inglismaldie
Status Extant
Former seat(s) Ethie Castle
Armorial motto TACHÉ SANS TACHÉ
(Spot without stain)
William Carnegie,
7th Earl of Northesk

Earl of Northesk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1662 for John Carnegie, who notably served as Sheriff of Forfarshire. He was given the subsidiary title of Lord Rosehill and Eglismauldie (or Inglismaldie) at the same time. Carnegie had already been created Earl of Ethie and Lord Lour in 1647 but relinquished those titles in exchange for the 1662 creations. For the purposes of precedence and seniority, the earldom of Northesk is treated as having been created in 1647, the date of the creation of the earldom of Ethie. Lord Northesk's great-grandson, the fourth Earl, sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1708 to 1715. His younger son, the sixth Earl, was an admiral in the Royal Navy.

He was succeeded by his son, the seventh Earl. He was also an admiral in the navy and was third in command at the Battle of Trafalgar. Lord Northesk was also a Scottish Representative Peer between 1796 and 1807 and 1830 and 1831. His grandson, the ninth Earl, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1885 to 1891. He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Earl, who served as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1900 to 1921. His son, the eleventh Earl, was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1959 to 1963, when all Scottish peers were given an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his first cousin, the twelfth Earl. He was the son of the Hon. Douglas George Carnegie, second son of the ninth Earl. The fourteenth Earl was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat on the Conservative benches. He died without surviving male issue in 2010 and the titles passed to his eighth cousin once removed, the fifteenth Earl. He is a writer.

David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, was the elder brother of the first Earl. Another member of the Carnegy family is Elizabeth Patricia Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour. She is a descendant of the Hon. Patrick Carnegie of Lour, third son of the second Earl of Northesk.

The earldom is named after the River Esk in Angus. The family seat was Ethie Castle, near Arbroath, Scotland.[1]

Earls of Northesk (1647/1662)

Coat of Arms of the Earls of Northesk


The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother the Hon. Colin David Carnegy (b. 1942)
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Charles Alexander Carnegy (b. 1975)
The heir presumptive's heir apparent's heir apparent is Patrick James Frederick Alexander Carnegy (b. 2014)[2]

Family tree

 
 
 
 
 
 

John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk
c. 1580–1667

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk
died 1679

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk
1643–1688

 
 
 
 
 
 

The Hon. Patrick Carnegie of Lour
died 1723

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk
died 1729

 
 
 
 
 
 

Patrick Carnegie of Lour
1684-1729

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk
1701–1741

 

George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk
1716–1792

 
 
 
 

Patrick Carnegie of Lour
1720-1799

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk
1758–1831

 
 
 
 

Patrick Carnegie of Lour
1757-1819

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

William Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk
1794–1878

 
 
 
 

Major General
Alexander Carnegy
1793-1862

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk
1843–1891

 
 
 
 

General
Alexander Carnegy CB
1829-1900

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

David Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk
1865–1921

 

Lieutenant Colonel
Douglas George Carnegie
1870–1937

 
 

Lieutenant colonel
Charles Gilbert Carnegy MVO
1864-1928

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk
1901–1963

 

John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk
1895–1975

 
 

The Reverend Canon
Patrick Charles Alexander Carnegy
1893-1969

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Robert Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk
1926–1994

 

Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
born 1940

 

Colin David Carnegy
born 1942
heir presumptive

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk
1954–2010

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  2. ↑ Peerage News, Google Groups, 29 March 2014

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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