David John Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk (1865 – 5 December 1921), a Scottish representative peer
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.[1]
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.[1]
He married Elizabeth Boyle Hallowes, eldest daughter of Maj.-Gen. George Skene Hallowes, on 3 February 1894 and had two children:
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,[2] the earldom passed to the 10th Earl's nephew, John Douglas Carnegie.[1]