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4 unusual facts about Earl of Northesk


Francis Lacey

Firstly on 9 April 1890, he married Helen Carnegie, daughter of the 9th Earl of Northesk.

John William Willis-Bund

Willis-Bund married secondly (in 1896) Mary Elizabeth Thackeray, the daughter of General Frederick Rennell Thackeray and Lady Elizabeth Margaret Carnegie (the daughter of the 7th Earl of Northesk).

Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk

Lord Northesk is an agnatic descendant of the 2nd Earl of Northesk.

Viscount St Vincent

It was created in 1801 for the noted naval commander John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent, with remainder to his nephews William Henry Ricketts and Edward Jervis Ricketts successively, and after them to his niece Mary, wife of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk.


Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics

The bronze medalist, David Carnegie, was also Earl of Northesk.


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