Sir James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife

Born Hon. James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, succeded his maternal aunt, Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, as 3rd Duke of Fife in 1959. Succeded his father as 12th Earl of Southesk in 1992.

Son of Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk (1893-1992) and his first wife Princess Maud of Fife (1893-1945)

Born: London 23. Sep 1929

Married: Perth, Scotland 11. Sep 1956 (div. 1966) Hon. Caroline Cecily Dewar (b. Milngavie, Scotland 12. Feb. 1934), daughter of Henry Dewar, 3rd Baron Forteviot (1906-1993) and his wife Cynthia Starkie. She married secondly Sir Richard Worsley in 1980.

Issue:

• Stillborn son (b. and d. 4. Apr 1958)

• Lady Alexandra Carnegie (1959) m. 2001 Mark Etherington (1962)

• David Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1961) m. 1987 Caroline Bunting (1961)

   

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Burke’s Peerage and Gentry, online version http://www.burkespeerage.com