James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife

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James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (born 23 September 1929) is a great grandson of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and a member of the extended British Royal Family, in the line of succession to the British Throne (and the first person in the succession who is not a descendant of King George V). As a female line great grandson of a British Sovereign, he does not carry out royal and official duties or receive any funds from the Civil List. He was styled Lord Carnegie before 1959 and is currently styled His Grace The Duke of Fife.

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[edit] Early life

The Duke is the only son of the 11th Earl of Southesk (1893–1992) and his wife, Princess Maud of Fife (1893–1945), the younger daughter of the 1st Duke of Fife and Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife. As the son of the Earl of Southesk, he held the courtesy title of Lord Carnegie from birth.

Lord Carnegie was educated at Ludgrove, Gordonstoun School, and at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He served with the Scots Guards in Malaya in 1948-50. He served as vice patron of the Braemar Royal Highland Society and of the British Olympic Association

[edit] Duke of Fife

The Dukedom of Fife was first granted to the Duke's grandfather, the 6th Earl Fife, in 1889 by Queen Victoria upon his marriage to Princess Louise of Wales, the eldest daughter of The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). The 1st Duke of Fife received a fresh patent as Duke of Fife and Earl of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in April 1900, with special remainder to his daughters by Princess Louise and their male issue. As the Duke and Princess Louise only had two surviving daughters, the title went to Princess Alexandra (later Princess Arthur of Connaught).

On 26 February 1959, he succeeded his maternal aunt, Princess Arthur of Connaught, as the 3rd Duke of Fife and Earl of Macduff (Princess Arthur's only child, Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, had pre-deceased her).

He succeeded his father as 12th Earl of Southesk, as well as chief of the Clan Carnegie, on 16 February 1992.

[edit] Marriage

On 11 September 1956, the then-Lord Carnegie married The Hon. Caroline Dewar (born 12 February 1934), the elder daughter of the 3rd Baron Forteviot. They divorced in 1966. The marriage produced three children:

[edit] Shorthand titles

[edit] Ancestry

Preceded by
Maximilian Lascelles		 Line of succession to the British throne
His Grace The Duke of Fife		 Succeeded by
David Carnegie, Earl of Southesk
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Princess Alexandra		 Duke of Fife
2nd creation
1959–present		 Incumbent
Heir Apparent:
David Carnegie, Earl of Southesk
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Charles Alexander Carnegie		 Earl of Southesk
1992–present		 Incumbent
Heir Apparent:
David Carnegie, Earl of Southesk
Order of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Duke of Westminster		 Gentlemen
His Grace The Duke of Fife		 Succeeded by
Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
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British dukes*
* Current dukes, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest