John Carnegie (c. 1679/80 – by May 1750) of Boysack, Angus was a Scottish lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1716 when he was expelled for supporting the Jacobite rebellion.
Carnegie was the eldest son of John Carnegie of Boysack and his wife Jean Fotheringham, daughter of David Fotheringham of Powrie, Forfar, Shire Commissioner in the Parliament of Scotland.
[1] At the 1708 general election Carnegie was returned as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Forfar, the county's first representative to the House of Commons of Great Britain.
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