Charles, Lord Carnegie, is the eldest son of David Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk and his wife the former Caroline Bunting. He is heir, after his father, to the Dukedom of Fife and Earldom of Southesk. His grandfather, James Carnegie, is the 3rd Duke of Fife and 12th Earl of Southesk.
Young Carnegie started work at an early age as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill, and a few years later was engaged as a telegraph clerk and operator with the Atlantic and Ohio Company.
In the late 1880s Carnegie Steel was the largest manufacturer of pig-iron, steel-rails and coke in the world, with a capacity to produce approximately 2,000 tons of pig-metal a day.
Carnegie was one of over 50 wealthy members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which operated an exclusive and secretive retreat at a mountain lake near South Fork, Pennsylvania.
The Most Noble James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (born 23 September 1929), is a great grandson of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and a member of the extended British Royal Family, 53rd in line to the British throne.
The Duke is the only son of CharlesCarnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk (1893-1992) and his wife, HH Princess Maud (1893-1945), the younger daughter of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife and Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife.
David CharlesCarnegie, Earl of Southesk (born 3 March 1961), styled Earl of Macduff (by courtesy) from birth until his paternal grandfather's death 16 February 1992, thereafter styled Earl of Southesk; m.
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