David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk

Note by Ed Wyse on January 16, 2011: It is difficult to resolve these references to Earls of Northesk. If David, Earl of Northesk, is father of Margaret Carnegie then it implies that his name is David Carnegie. Later, George, Second Earl of Northesk, marries Lady Anne. One possible explanation, which is a bit of a stretch, is that David, who may have been named David Carnegie, was not the Fourth Earl of Northesk, but the First and his son, George, who also may have been named Carnegie, would have been the Second Earl of Northesk.

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“ I. George, Lord Balgonie and Raith, who died before his father, in August 1721, having married in 1716 his cousin-german, Lady Margaret Carnegie, eldest daughter of David, fourth Earl of Northesk, by Lady Margaret Wemyss, second daughter of Margaret, Countess of Wemyss..."

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“ II. Lady Anne, married to George, second Earl of Northesk."