Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet
Sir James Carnegie of Kinnaird and of Pitarrow, 5th Baronet DL (1799 – 30 January 1849)[1] was a Scottish politician and de jure 8th Earl of Southesk, 8th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and 8th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars.
Background[edit]
Born at Kinnaird, Angus, he was the son of Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet and Agnes Murray Elliot, daughter of Andrew Elliot.[2] In 1805 at the age of six, he succeeded his father as baronet.[3] He was educated at home and at Eton College.[2] In 1818, Carnegie began his Grand Tour, first visiting France, Germany and Italy, then Spain and Holland in the following year.[2]
Career[edit]
Carnegie entered the British House of Commons in 1830 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen Burghs until the following year.[4] He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Forfarshire.[5] In 1847, he petitioned the restoration of the forfeited titles Lord Carnegie and Earl of Southesk, however after assessment by the Committee of Privileges his claim was not followed up.[2]
Family[edit]
While again on travels through France and Italy, Carnegie met Charlotte Lysons, second daughter of Reverend Daniel Lysons.[6] They married at the house of the British Ambassador to Italy in Naples on 14 November 1825,[6] and had two daughters and three sons.[7] Carnegie died intestate at Kinnaird Castle, Brechin.[8] His eldest son, James, succeeded to the baronetcy and was later confirmed in his de jure titles.[7]
His third son, Charles, represented Forfarshire in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[9] His daughter, Lady Charlotte Elliot (married name), was a published poet.[10][11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d Douglas, Sir Robert (1911). Sir James Balfour Paul (ed.). The Scots Peerage. Vol. VIII. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 88–90.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Aberdeen Burghs". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1849). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son. p. 316.
- ^ a b Lysons, Sir Daniel (1896). Early Reminiscences. London: John Murray. pp. 15–16.
- ^ a b Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. pp. 525–526.
- ^ "ThePeerage - Sir James Carnegie of Kinnaird, 5th Bt". Retrieved 16 January 2009.
- ^ Debrett, John (1870). Robert Henry Mair (ed.). Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. p. 48.
- ^ Anderson (1867), p. 493
- ^ Reilly (2000), p. 149
- ^ Sage, Greer, Showalter (1999), pp. 219-220
Sources[edit]
- Anderson, William (1867), The Scottish Nation: Or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Vol. III, A. Fullarton & Co.
- Reilly, Catherine W. (2000), Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879: An annotated biobibliography, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0720123180
- Sage, Lorna; Greer, Germaine; Showalter, Elaine, eds. (1999), The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521668132
External links[edit]
- 1799 births
- 1849 deaths
- Nobility from Angus, Scotland
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
- Carnegie family
- Deputy Lieutenants of Forfarshire
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- People educated at Eton College
- UK MPs 1830–1831
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies