[1] A year later, with the death of his cousin, the forfeited James Carnegie, 5th Earl of Southesk, he would have succeeded to that title also, but for the attainder.
[2] His guardians until his majority Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton and Sir Alexander Ramsay of Balmain sent Carnegie to the University of Glasgow for education.
[3] Carnegie joined the British Army in 1737 and served under Prince William, Duke of Cumberland in the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.
[3] A year later he fought for the House of Hanover in the Battle of Culloden, while his younger brother supported the Jacobite side.
[3] Carnegie entered the British House of Commons in 1741, representing Kincardineshire until his death in 1765.