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Robert Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk

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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 byThe 12th Earl of Northesk
Succeeded byThe 14th Earl of Northesk
Personal details
Born
Robert Andrew Carnegie

(1926-06-24)24 June 1926
Died26 January 1994(1994-01-26) (aged 67)
Political partyConservative
Parent(s)John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk
Dorothy May Campion
OccupationLandowner, 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

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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

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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.[1]

Marriage and children

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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:

Death

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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

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  1. ^ "The Earl of Northesk". The Times. No. 64882. London. 18 February 1994. p. 23.
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Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Northesk
1975–1994
Succeeded by