CARNEGIE, George of Pittarrow, Merchant in Sweden, Jacobite 1745 1 2 3
- Baptised: 19 November 1726, Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland 1 4
- Marriage (1): SCOTT, Susan 'of Benholm' on 17 March 1769 in Benholm parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland 1 2
- Died: 12 April 1799, Charleton, Montrose, Angus, Scotland 1
- Buried: 1799, Kinnaber, Montrose, Angus, Scotland 1
Other names for George were CARNEGGIE, George 4 and CARNEGGY, George.5
User ID: J370.
General Notes:
"CARNEGGIE
GEORGE
JOHN CARNEGGIE/
M
19/11/1726
259 10 / 240
Fordoun"
from Births and Baptisms 4
George married Susan SCOTT 'of Benholm' on 17 March 1769 in Benholm parish, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1 2 (Susan SCOTT 'of Benholm' was baptised on 7 August 1743 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,4 died on 14 April 1821 1 and was buried in 1821 in Kinnaber, Montrose, Angus, Scotland 6.)
Marriage Notes:
"CARNEGIE
GEORGE
SUSAN SCOTT/
13/03/1769
312 70 / 95
Montrose"
"CARNEGY
GEORGE
SUSAN SCOTT/
17/03/1769
253 20 / 266
Benholm"
from Index of Marriages
"George (Carnegie), baptized 19 November 1726. When eighteen years of age, he joined Prince Charles at Holyrood, after the battle of Prestonpans. He accompanied the Prince to England, and was also present at the battle of Culloden, while his elder brother Sir James was there with the Duke of Cumberland, on the opposite side. After the battle of Culloden he fled, and eventually made his escape to the Continent. After wandering about with James Carnegie Arbuthnott of Balnamoon, they got off to sea in a small boat and were picked up by a ship bound for Sweden. He landed at Gottenburg, where he established a business as a merchant. After about twenty years he returned to Scotland with a fortune which enabled him to purchase the paternal estate of Pittarrow and also the estate of Charleton. He was a trustee for his nephew Sir David Carnegie, whose father had repurchased the forfeited Southesk estates. The trustees carried through the sale of Pittarrow, which was conveyed to George Carnegie by disposition dated 17, 19, and 20 January 1767.
George Carnegie died at Charleton on 12 April 1799, and was buried at Kinnaber. He married, on 17 March 1769, Susan, the eldest daughter of David Scott of Benholm. She founded an asylum at Montrose for the insane, the first of its kind in Scotland, and established the first lifeboat known in the country. She also constructed a genealogical table of the family of Carnegie, which is preserved at Kinnaird. She died 14 April 1821. They had issue six sons and three daughters"
from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2
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