Robert Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk

The Right Honourable The Earl of Northesk
Coat of arms of the Earls of Northesk
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 22 July 1975 – 26 January 1994 as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 12th Earl of Northesk
Succeeded by	The 14th Earl of Northesk
Personal details
Born	Robert Andrew Carnegie (1926-06-24)24 June 1926
Died	26 January 1994(1994-01-26) (aged 67)
Political party	Conservative
Parent(s)	John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk Dorothy May Campion
Occupation	Landowner, farmer, politician and peer

Robert Andrew Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk (24 June 1926 – 26 January 1994), was a British landowner, farmer and hereditary peer.

Early life and education

Northesk was the son of John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk and Dorothy May Campion. He was educated at Pangbourne Nautical College and Tabor Academy, Massachusetts. He inherited the earldom upon the death of his father in 1975.

Later life

Northesk served in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1945. He was an amateur racing driver (racing as "Robin Carnegie") and raced at Le Mans and in the Mille Miglia. In the 1970s he moved to the Isle of Man where he bred Charolais cattle and exported them throughout the world.

Marriage and children

On 20 July 1949, Northesk married Jean Margaret MacRae, daughter of Captain John Duncan George MacRae and Lady Phyllis Hervey, daughter of Frederick Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol. They had four children:

• Ian Robert MacRae Carnegie (9 April 1950 – 19 November 1951)
• Lady Karen Jean Carnegie (born 22 December 1951), married Patrick Vavasseur Fisher, 4th Baron Fisher.
• Lady Mary Barbara Carnegie (born 10 February 1953), married William Patrick Stirling Damerell.
• David John MacRae Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk (3 November 1954 – 28 March 2010)

Death

Lord Northesk died in 1994 at the age of 67. He was succeeded in the earldom by his younger but only surviving son, David.

References

• NORTHESK, 13th Earl of, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Northesk