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approached, but by May he had resigned his command due to ill health once again. He would spend considerable portions of the rest of his life in Bath for the sake of his health. Carnegie was promoted to
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ships while
Barnett boarded another and after a fight of two hours the three French ships were captured. The cargoes of the merchants were valued at over £300,000 and were sent in to
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had been using as a base of operations. Carnegie returned to
England in September 1742 and was immediately appointed to command the recently rebuilt ship of the line
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on 5 May in the squadron of its first commander-in-chief, and
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on 28 November to recuperate from his illness. As part of this he went travelling in
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Carnegie (d. 2 June 1798) married Rev John Kemp of Edinburgh in 1797
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and Lady Margaret Wemyss and was born on 2 August 1716. A career
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Lieutenant Colonel George Carnegie (21 August 1773 – 1839)
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and Elizabeth Monypenny, on 30 April 1748 and had six children:
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David Carnegie, Lord Rosehill (5 April 1749 – 19 February 1788)
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for the winter of 1741-42. In January 1742 Carnegie left
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going with Commodore Barnett and the ship of the line
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37:Arms of the 1st to 6th and 15th Earls of Northesk
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314:David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk
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204:War of the Austrian Succession
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1044:Charnock, John (1797).
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214:he participated in the
62:22 January 1792, age 76
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103:Years of service
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