John Douglas Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk (16 February 1895 – 22 July 1975) inherited the earldom in 1963.
Early life
Carnegie was born on 16 February 1895. He was the son of Margaret Jean Johnstone-Douglas and Lt.-Col. Hon. Douglas Carnegie, MP for Winchester. His younger brother David died in 1917 during World War I.[1]
Susan Jean Carnegie (b. 1930), who married Dr. David Blackall Connell, a son of Dr. Arthur Blackall Connell (and step-son of Dame Ninette de Valois), in 1955.[2]
Lord Northesk died on 22 July 1975 and was succeeded by his second son, Robert.[2]