Career
He succeeded to the title of Earl of Carnwath upon his father"s death on 8 March 1910. Posted to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with the outbreak of war in 1914 he was attached to the Air Service. Invalided out in 1915 he joined the Welsh Horse Yeomanry and served in France.
Due to poor health he was exempted from duty in 1919.
Married on 23 July 1910 to Maude Maitland Savile, the Earl had no children.