Alexander Carnegie, himself fourth son of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, and his wife Margaret Arbuthnot, daughter of Sir Robert Arbuthnot.
[3] He was created a Baronet, of Pitcarrow, in the County of Kincardine on 20 February 1663.
[1] In 1690 by commission of George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville, Carnegie raised one hundred men to appease rebellious Highlanders in Kincardineshire.
[4] She died in 1677, and Carnegie married next Catherine Gordon, daughter of Robert Gordon and widow of Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnott, on 29 October 1684.
[4] He died in 1708 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.