Charles Alexander Carnegie was born on 23 September 1893 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was the 10th, the son of the 9th and Lady Catherine Hamilton Noel. His mother was Ethel Mary Elizabeth Bannerman.
When his father succeeded to the earldom in 1905 he was styled Lord Carnegie as the eldest son of the.
Lord Carnegie was educated at Eton College.
He later joined the British Army and received a commission in the Scots Guard. In 1917, he served as an aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India. Princess Maud was the younger daughter of the Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and Louise, Princess Royal.
Together the couple had one child, James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 12th (23 September 1929-1922 June 2015).
Lord Carnegie was a near neighbour of Archibald Maule Ramsay, living in Arbroath, and joined the Right Club, a patriotic group which had been set up by Ramsay, contributing £5 and promising a further £5 annually. He was made a "Warden" of the club by Ramsay.
Asked about his membership in later life, Southesk professed ignorance of all the aims of the club but praised Ramsay as "a very loyal, patriotic man". The 10th died on 10 November 1941 and Lord Carnegie became the 11th Maud became known as The Countess of Southesk.
Maud died in 1945 from bronchitis.
Lord Southesk died on 16 February 1992 at age 98 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, having spent the last year of his life as an additional Vice-President of the Conservative Monday Club, of which he had long been a member. The title of is as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Fife, and is used by the 12th Earl"s great-grandson, Charles Carnegie, The Honorary Charles Carnegie (1893–1905) Lord Carnegie (1905–1941) The Rt.
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Although they did not carry out royal duties, Lord and Lady Southesk were considered members of the Royal Family.
