| Honorific-Prefix: | His Grace |
| The Duke of Fife | |
| Full Name: | David Charles Carnegie |
| Birth Name: | David Charles Carnegie |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Marylebone, London, England |
David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (born 3 March 1961) is a British peer and businessman. He is the only surviving 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 and Chief of the Clan Carnegie. A descendant of Edward VII, he is the highest person in line of succession to the British throne who is not a descendant of George V. He is a third cousin of King Charles III.
Carnegie was educated at Eton College and 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. He was also educated at Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.[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 Business School in 1990 with an MBA degree. Between 1992 and 1996, he was with chartered accountants and financial advisers Reeves and Neylan.[1] As of 2003, he lives at Kinnaird Castle in Angus, Scotland.[1] Kinnaird is one of the Carnegie family seats.
Carnegie married on 16 June 1987 in London, Caroline Anne Bunting (born Windsor, Berkshire, 13 November 1961), only daughter of Martin Brian Bunting (East Grinstead, West Sussex, born 1934) and wife Veronica Mary Cope (Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, born 1936).[2] They have three sons:
The Duchess of Fife is a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Angus.[3]
| Crest: | A Thunderbolt proper, winged Or. |
| Coronet: | A Coronet of a Duke |
| Escutcheon: | Or, a Lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure (the Dukedom of Fife), and on an Inescutcheon Argent, ensigned of an Earl's Coronet proper, an Eagle displayed Azure, armed, beaked and membered Gules, and charged on its breast with an Antique Covered Cup Or (Carnegie) |
| Supporters: | Dexter: a Lion guardant Gules, langued Azure, collared with a Label of five-points Argent, charged with two Thistles proper, between three Crosses of St George Gules. Sinister: a Talbot Argent, collared and langued Gules |
| Motto: | Above the crest, on a Scroll DRED GOD; beneath the shield DEO JUVANTE |