William Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk

William Hopetoun Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk (1794–1878) was born the son of Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk and Mary Ricketts on 16 October 1794. He died on 5 December 1878 at age 84.

Coat of arms of the Earls of Northesk

According to the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College London, Northesk was awarded a payment as a slave trader in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837. The British Government took out a £15 million loan (worth £1.43 billion in 2021[1]) with interest from Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Moses Montefiore which was subsequently paid off by the British taxpayers (ending in 2015). Northesk was associated with "T71/871 and T71/1378 Special Awards in Trust Westmoreland claim no. 232A & B", he owned 200 slaves in Jamaica and received a £3,529 payment at the time (worth £337 thousand in 2021[1]).[2]

He married Georgiana Maria Elliot, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot and Eliza Cecilia Ness, on 14 February 1843 and had two children:

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
William Carnegie		 Earl of Northesk
1831–1871		 Succeeded by
George Carnegie

References
  1. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. "William Hopetoun Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk". University College London. Retrieved on 20 March 2019.
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