Douglas Carnegie

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Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas George Carnegie (4 January 1870–27 February 1937) was a British politician.

He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Carnegie, 9th Earl of Northesk and Elizabeth Georgina Frances Elliot.

Carnegie was commissioned into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment in 1888. He resigned his commission as a Major in 1905. From 1917 to 1918 he served with the Labour Corps and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.

He married Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas, daughter of Arthur Henry Johnstone-Douglas and Jane Maitland Stewart, on 26 April 1894 and had four children:

John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk (16 February 1895–1975)
David Alexander Carnegie (15 January 1897–2 April 1917)
Lady Jean Douglas Carnegie (31 August 1899)
Margaret Carnegie (7 June 1901–19 April 1946)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Guy Baring	Member of Parliament for Winchester 1916–1918	Succeeded by George Hennessy

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Name	Carnegie, Douglas
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1870
Place of birth
Date of death	1937
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