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His Grace

The Duke of Fife
Tenure22 June 2015 – present
PredecessorJames Carnegie, 3rd Duke
BornDavid Charles Carnegie
(1961-03-03) 3 March 1961 (age 63)
Spouse(s)
Caroline Anne Bunting
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(m. 1987)​
IssueCharles Duff Carnegie, Earl of Southesk
Lord George William Carnegie
Lord Hugh Alexander Carnegie
ParentsJames Carnegie, 3rd Duke
Caroline Dewar

David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (b. 3 March 1961, Marylebone, London), is a British peer. He is the only son of the late James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, and his former wife Caroline Dewar. He was styled Earl of Macduff until 1992, and then Earl of Southesk until succeeding his father on 22 June 2015 as the fourth Duke of Fife. As a great-great-grandson of Edward VII, he is in the line of succession to the British throne.

Education and career

Carnegie graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1982 with a BA degree.[1] He was employed by London-based stock brokerage firm Cazenove between 1982 and 1985.[1] In 1986, he received the MA degree given to Cambridge graduates who have an earned BA.[1] He was also educated at Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, Glouchestershire.[1]

Between 1988 and 1989, Carnegie was with the Edinburgh based investment management firm of Bell, Lawrie and Company.[1] He graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, in 1990 with an MBA degree.[1] Between 1992 and 1996, he was with chartered accountants and financial advisors Reeves and Neylan.[1] As of 2003, he lives at Kinnaird Castle in Angus, Scotland.[1] Kinnaird is one of the Carnegie family seats.

Marriage and family

Carnegie married Caroline Anne Bunting, only daughter of Martin Brian Bunting and Veronica Mary Cope, on 16 June 1987 in London.[2][3] They have three sons:[4]

  • Charles Duff Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (born 1 July 1989)
  • Lord George William Carnegie (born 23 March 1991)
  • Lord Hugh Alexander Carnegie (born 10 June 1993)

Other titles

  • 13th Earl of Southesk (Peerage of Scotland)
  • 4th Earl of Macduff (Peerage of the United Kingdom)
  • 13th Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird (Peerage of Scotland)
  • 13th Lord Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchars (Peerage of Scotland)
  • 5th Baron Balinhard of Farnell in the County of Forfar (Peerage of the United Kingdom)
  • 10th Carnegie Baronet (Baronetage of Nova Scotia)

Titles and styles

  • Earl of Macduff (1961–1992)
  • Earl of Southesk (1992–2015)
  • His Grace The Duke of Fife (2015 – present)


Ancestry

Family of David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife
16. James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk
8. Charles Carnegie, 10th Earl of Southesk
17. Catherine Hamilton Noel
4. Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk
18. Alexander Bannerman of Elsick, 9th Baronet
9. Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman
19. Arabella Diana Sackville-West
2. James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
20. James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
10. Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
21. Agnes Hay
5. Princess Maud of Fife
22. Edward VII of the United Kingdom
11. Louise, Princess Royal
23. Princess Alexandra of Denmark
1. David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife
24. John Dewar, Sr.
12. John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot
25. Jane Gow
6. Henry Dewar, 3rd Baron Forteviot
26. Henry Holland
13. Margaret Elizabeth Holland
27. Margareta Nixon
3. Caroline Dewar
28. Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie
14. Piers Cecil Le Gendre Starkie
29. Jemima Monica Mildred Tempest
7. Cynthia Monica Starkie
30. Sir James de Hoghton
15. Cicely de Hoghton
31. Aimee Jean Grove

Notes and sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 6. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
  2. ^ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 176. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  3. ^ Genealogics - Leo van de Pas David Charles Carnegie
  4. ^ David Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk in: thePeerage.com [retrieved 30 October 2014].
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Duke of Fife
2nd creation
2015–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Southesk
2015–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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