Sir David Carnegie, 1st Baronet
Sir David Carnegie of Pitcarrow, 1st Baronet (died November 1708)[1] was a Scottish politician and baronet.
Background[edit]
He was the eldest son of Hon. Alexander Carnegie, himself fourth son of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, and his wife Margaret Arbuthnot, daughter of Sir Robert Arbuthnot.[2]
Career[edit]
Carnegie sat in the Parliament of Scotland for Kincardineshire in 1667 and from 1669 until 1674.[3] He was created a Baronet, of Pitcarrow, in the County of Kincardine on 20 February 1663.[1] In 1690 by commission of George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville, Carnegie raised one hundred men to appease rebellious Highlanders in Kincardineshire.[4] As a revenge his estate and his fields were devastated.[4] Carnegie petitioned for compensation, however received never a restitution.[4]
Family[edit]
On 29 October 1663, he married firstly Catherine Primrose, daughter of Sir Archibald Primrose, 1st Baronet and had by her five sons and five daughters.[4] She died in 1677, and Carnegie married next Catherine Gordon, daughter of Robert Gordon and widow of Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnott, on 29 October 1684.[4] His second wife bore an only son and died in 1692.[4] Carnegie married finally Jean Burnett, daughter of James Burnett about 1696, and had by her three sons and three daughters.[4] He died in 1708 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b 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.
- ^ "ThePeerage – Sir David Carnegie, 1st Bt". Retrieved 18 January 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Douglas, Sir Robert (1911). Sir James Balfour Paul (ed.). The Scots Peerage. Vol. VIII. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 76–80.
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