James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk 1827-1905

Paternal Family Tree: Carnegie

On 16th November 1827 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk was born to James Carnegie 5th Baronet [aged 28].

On 4th October 1829 Arabella Hamlyn-Williams died from childbirth shortly after the birth of her fourth child [his future wife] Catherine Hamilton Noel.

On 30th January 1849 [his father] James Carnegie 5th Baronet [aged 50] died. His son James [aged 21] de jure9th Earl Southesk, 5th Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine.

On 19th June 1849 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 21] and Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 19] were married at Exton, Rutlandshire. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 67] and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams. He the son of James Carnegie 5th Baronet.

In 1850 [his daughter] Arabella Charlotte Carnegie was born to James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 22] and [his wife] Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 20].

In 1851 [his daughter] Constance Mary Carnegie Countess Elgin was born to James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 23] and [his wife] Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 21]. She married 1876 her fifth cousin once removed Victor Bruce 13th Earl Kincardine 9th Earl Elgin, son of James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin and Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin.

In 1852 [his daughter] Beatrice Diana Cecilia Carnegie was born to James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 24] and [his wife] Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 22].

On 20th March 1854 [his son] Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk was born to James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 26] and [his wife] Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 24]. He married 1st August 1891 his sixth cousin Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk, daughter of Alexander Bannerman 9th Baronet and Arabella Diana Sackville-West, and had issue.

On 9th March 1855 [his wife] Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 25] died.

On 2nd July 1855 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 27] was restored 9th Earl Southesk, 9th Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird, and the 9th Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars.

In 1860 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 32] and Susan Catherine Mary Murray Countess Southesk [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Southesk. She the daughter of Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore and Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 45]. He the son of James Carnegie 5th Baronet.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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In 1863 [his daughter] Dora Susan Carnegie was born to James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 35] and [his wife] Susan Catherine Mary Murray Countess Southesk [aged 25]. She married Major Ernest de Rodakowski-Rivers and had issue.

On 5th April 1866 [his brother-in-law] Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore [aged 25] and Gertrude Coke [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester [aged 40]. He the son of Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 51].

In 1867 [his daughter] Katherine Agnes Blanche Carnegie Viscountess Tredegar was born to James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 39] and [his wife] Susan Catherine Mary Murray Countess Southesk [aged 29]. She married 1890 Courtenay Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar and had issue.

In 1876 [his son-in-law] Victor Bruce 13th Earl Kincardine 9th Earl Elgin [aged 26] and Constance Mary Carnegie Countess Elgin [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Kincardine, Countess Elgin. She the daughter of James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 48] and Catherine Hamilton Noel. He the son of James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin and Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin [aged 56]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1890 [his son-in-law] Courtenay Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar [aged 22] and Katherine Agnes Blanche Carnegie Viscountess Tredegar [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 62] and Susan Catherine Mary Murray Countess Southesk [aged 52].

On 1st August 1891 Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk [aged 37] and Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman Countess Southesk [aged 23] were married. He the son of James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 63] and Catherine Hamilton Noel. They were sixth cousins.

On 21st February 1905 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 77] died. His son Charles [aged 50] succeeded 10th Earl Southesk, 6th Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine.

On 27th April 1915 [his former wife] Susan Catherine Mary Murray Countess Southesk [aged 77] died.

Ancestors of James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk 1827-1905

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Carnegie of Pittarrow

Great x 3 Grandfather: David Carnegie 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Carnegie 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Primrose

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Primrose Lady Carnegie

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Carnegie 3rd Baronet

Grandfather: David Carnegie 4th Baronet

father: James Carnegie 5th Baronet

James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk