David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife

Scottish duke

His Grace
The Duke of Fife

Born| David Charles Carnegie
(1961-03-03) 3 March 1961 (age 61)
Marylebone, London, England
Spouse(s)|

Caroline Anne Bunting

(m. 1987)​

Issue|

* Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk
* Lord George Carnegie
* Lord Hugh Carnegie

Parents|

* James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
* Caroline Dewar

David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (born 3 March 1961) is a British peer and businessman. He is the only surviving son of the late James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, and his former wife Caroline Dewar. He was styled Earl of Macduff until 1992, and then Earl of Southesk until succeeding his father on 22 June 2015 as the fourth Duke of Fife and Chief of the Clan Carnegie. He is the highest person in line of succession to the British throne who is not a descendant of George V. Thus, making him second cousins with King Charles III.

## Contents

* 1 Education and career
* 2 Marriage and issue
* 3 Other titles
* 4 Titles, styles, honours and arms
* 5 Notes and sources
* 6 Other sources

## Education and career[edit]

Carnegie was educated at Eton College and graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1982 with a BA degree.[1] He was employed by London-based stock brokerage firm Cazenove between 1982 and 1985.[1] In 1986, he received the MA degree given to Cambridge graduates who have an earned BA.[1] He was also educated at Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.[1]

Between 1988 and 1989, Carnegie was with the Edinburgh-based investment management firm of Bell, Lawrie and Company.[1] He graduated from the University of Edinburgh Business School in 1990 with an MBA degree.[1] Between 1992 and 1996, he was with chartered accountants and financial advisers Reeves and Neylan.[1] As of 2003, he lives at Kinnaird Castle in Angus, Scotland.[1] Kinnaird is one of the Carnegie family seats.

## Marriage and issue[edit]

Carnegie married on 16 June 1987 in London, Greater London, Middlesex, Caroline Anne Bunting (born Windsor, Berkshire, 13 November 1961), only daughter of Martin Brian Bunting (East Grinstead, West Sussex, born 1934) and wife Veronica Mary Cope (Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, born 1936).[2] They have three sons:[3]

* Charles Duff Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (born Edinburgh, Midlothian, 1 July 1989), married on 5 September 2020, Camille Ascoli (born Paris, 6 March 1990), daughter of Roberto Ascoli (born Milan, June 1961) and wife Valérie Marie Christine Ledoux, daughter of Marc Ledoux (Soissons, 20 June 1932 - Villers-Cotterêts, 24 December 2012) and wife Françoise Marie Jolicoeur.
* Lord George William Carnegie (born 23 March 1991)
* Lord Hugh Alexander Carnegie (born 10 June 1993)

The Duchess of Fife is a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Angus.[4]

## Other titles[edit]

* 13th Earl of Southesk (Peerage of Scotland)
* 4th Earl of Macduff (Peerage of the United Kingdom)
* 13th Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird (Peerage of Scotland)
* 13th Lord Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchars (Peerage of Scotland)
* 5th Baron Balinhard, of Farnell in the County of Forfar (Peerage of the United Kingdom)
* 10th Carnegie Baronet, of Pittarrow in the County of Kincardine (Baronetage of Nova Scotia)

## Titles, styles, honours and arms[edit]

* 3 March 1961 – 16 February 1992: Earl of Macduff
* 16 February 1992 – 22 June 2015: Earl of Southesk
* 22 June 2015 – present: His Grace The Duke of Fife

Coat of arms of David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife  |

Coronet
A Coronet of a Duke
Crest
A Thunderbolt proper, winged Or.
Escutcheon
Or, a Lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure (the Dukedom of Fife), and on an Inescutcheon Argent, ensigned of an Earl's Coronet proper, an Eagle displayed Azure, armed, beaked and membered Gules, and charged on its breast with an Antique Covered Cup Or (Carnegie)
Supporters
Dexter: a Lion guardant Gules, langued Azure, collared with a Label of five-points Argent, charged with two Thistles proper, between three Crosses of St George Gules. Sinister: a Talbot Argent, collared and langued Gules
Motto
Above the crest, on a Scroll DRED GOD; beneath the shield DEO JUVANTE

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## Notes and sources[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 6. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
2. ^ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 176. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
3. ^ David Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk in: thePeerage.com [Retrieved 30 October 2014].
4. ^ Angus Council website (Retrieved 3 June 2031.)

## Other sources[edit]

* "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage"

Peerage of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

James Carnegie

|  Duke of Fife
2nd creation
2015–present  | Incumbent
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by

James Carnegie

|  Earl of Southesk
2015–present  | Incumbent
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by

The Duke of Westminster

|  Gentlemen
The Duke of Fife  | Succeeded by

Earl of Ulster

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Current dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

Current title holders, listed by date of creation, from earliest to most recent

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* Prince William, Duke of Cornwall, Rothesay and Cambridge
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Scotland |

* Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
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* Richard Scott, 12th Duke of Queensberry
* Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
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Great Britain |

* Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon
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Ireland |

* Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster
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United Kingdom |

* Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington
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* Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster
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* David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife

Italics indicate the duke also holds a previously listed dukedom of greater precedence
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