Robert Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Right Honourable The Earl of Northesk
Coat of arms of the Earls of Northesk
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 22 July 1975 – 26 January 1994 as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 12th Earl of Northesk
Succeeded by	The 14th Earl of Northesk
Personal details
Born	Robert Andrew Carnegie (1926-06-24)24 June 1926
Died	26 January 1994(1994-01-26) (aged 67)
Political party	Conservative
Parents	John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk Dorothy May Campion
Occupation	Landowner, farmer, politician and peer

Robert Andrew Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk (24 June 1926 – 26 January 1994), was a British landowner, farmer and hereditary peer. He was the son of John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk, and Dorothy May Campion.

Carnegie was educated at Pangbourne Nautical College and Tabor Academy, Massachusetts. He served in the Royal Navy 1942–1945. He was an amateur racing driver (racing as "Robin Carnegie") and raced at Le Mans and in the Mille Miglia. In the 1970s he moved to the Isle of Man where he bred Charolais cattle and exported them throughout the world.

On 20 July 1949, he married Jean Margaret MacRae, daughter of Captain John Duncan George MacRae and Lady Phyllis Hervey, daughter of the 4th Marquess of Bristol. They had four children:

• Ian Robert MacRae Carnegie (9 April 1950 – 19 November 1951)
• Lady Karen Jean Carnegie (22 December 1951); married Patrick Vavasseur Fisher, 4th Baron Fisher.
• Mary Barbara Carnegie (10 February 1953); married William Patrick Stirling Damerell.
• David John MacRae Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk (3 November 1954 – 28 March 2010)