Sir James Carnegie, 3rd Baronet
Sir James Carnegie of Pittarrow, 3rd Baronet (1716 – 30 April 1765)[1] was a Scottish politician, soldier and (but for the attainder) 6th Earl of Southesk, 6th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and 6th Baron Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchars.
Background[]
He was the eldest son of Sir John Carnegie, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Burnett, daughter of Sir Thomas Burnett, 3rd Baronet.[2] In 1729, aged only thirteen, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] A year later, with the death of his cousin, the forfeited James Carnegie, 5th Earl of Southesk, he would have succeeded to that title also, but for the attainder.[2] His guardians until his majority Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton and Sir Alexander Ramsay of Balmain sent Carnegie to the University of Glasgow for education.[3]
Career[]
Carnegie joined the British Army in 1737 and served under Prince William, Duke of Cumberland in the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.[3] A year later he fought for the House of Hanover in the Battle of Culloden, while his younger brother supported the Jacobite side.[3] Carnegie entered the British House of Commons in 1741, representing Kincardineshire until his death in 1765.[4]
Family[]
On 5 July 1752, he married Christian Doig, eldest daughter of David Doig, and by her had two daughters and four sons.[5] Carnegie died and was buried at Stamford, Lincolnshire.[3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son David.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 213.
|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Jump up to: a b c d Douglas, Sir Robert (1911). Sir James Balfour Paul (ed.). The Scots Peerage. vol. VIII. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 83–86.
|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Kincardineshire". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "ThePeerage - Sir James Carnegie of Pittarrow, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 17 January 2009.
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