James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
Scottish noble (1929-2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife[1] (23 September 1929 - 22 June 2015) was a great-grandson of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Duke of Fife | |
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 Portrait by Allan Warren, 1985 | |
| Duke of Fife | |
| In office 26 February 1959 – 22 June 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Princess Arthur of Connaught, 2nd Duchess |
| Succeeded by | David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife |
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| Born | James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie (1929-09-23)23 September 1929 London, England |
| Died | 22 June 2015(2015-06-22) (aged 85) Angus, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Dewar (m. 1956; div. 1966) |
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He was the first person in the line of succession to the British throne who was not related to King George V. As a great-grandson of a British sovereign, he did not carry out royal and official duties or receive any funds from the Civil List.
The Duke of Fife was the second cousin to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Harald V of Norway. Through his maternal grandfather, he was also a descendant of William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Jordan.