David Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk explained

David John Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk (1865 – 5 December 1921), a Scottish representative peer

Early life

Carnegie was born on 1 December 1865. He was the eldest son of Lt.-Col. George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot. His elder sister, Helen Alice Carnegie, married barrister Sir Francis Lacey, and his younger brothers were Lt.-Col. Hon. Douglas George Carnegie, MP, and Lt. Ian Ludovic Andrew Carnegie.

Career

Lord Northesk served as aide-de-camp to the Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1895. He also served as a Conservative Representative Peer for Scotland from 5 October 1900 until his death on 5 December 1921.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Boyle Hallowes, eldest daughter of Maj.-Gen. George Skene Hallowes, on 3 February 1894 and had two children:

• David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk (1901–1963), who married Jessica Ruth (Brown) Reinhard, a former Ziegfeld Follies dancer, in Chicago in 1923.^{[1] [2]} They divorced in 1928 and he married Elizabeth "Betty" Vlasto, a daughter of Anthony Augustus Vlasto of Binfield Park and a cousin of the well-known tennis player Julie Vlasto, in 1929.^{[3] [4]}
• Katharine Jane Elizabeth Carnegie (1904–1949),^[5] who married Lt.-Col. William Bridgeman Lambert Manley. After their divorce, she married Brig. Edward Leathley Armitage.^[6]

Lord Northesk died on 5 December 1921 at age 56 and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son, David. As his son died without male issue in 1963,^[7] the earldom passed to the 10th Earl's nephew, John Douglas Carnegie.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Times . Special to The A'eto 1'orfc . Northesk Wedding Today. . 2 June 2022 . . 19 July 1923.
2. News: NORTHESK GOES TO BUFFALO; Earl Is Met There by Jessica Brown, His Fiancee. . 2 June 2022 . . 10 June 1923.
3. News: TIMES . Wireless to THE NEW YORK . EARL OF NORTHESK WEDS BETTY VLASTO; Former Husband of Jessica Brown, Dancer, Married in Chelsea Registry Office. . 2 June 2022 . . 8 August 1929.
4. News: TIMES . Special Cable to THE NEW YORK . LORD NORTHESK TO WED.; Marriage to Betty Vlasto to Take Place in London on Aug. 7. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. . 2 June 2022 . . 22 July 1929.
5. Web site: Lady Katharine Jane Elizabeth Armitage. National Portrait Gallery, London.
6. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2936.
7. News: EARL OF NORTHESK DEAD IN ENGLAND; Colorful Figure in 1920's-- 11th Holder of the Title Dropped Out of the News . 2 June 2022 . . 8 November 1963.