Researching John Carnegie
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 983 people with the Carnegie surname? In that year Carnegie was ranked number 2606 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Carnegie on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Carnegie and the Carnegie Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1110 people with the Carnegie surname in the UK? Carnegie is now ranked number 3006 for popularity in the UK. |
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John Carnegie (Peterborough County politician)
John Carnegie (April 23, 1837 – January 10, 1910) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Peterborough West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1871 and from 1883 to 1886.
He was born in Douro, Upper Canada in 1837, the son of a Scottish immigrant, and educated in Peterborough and Brantford. He served on the Douro council from 1859 to 1866 and was reeve from 1864 to 1866. He was secretary and treasurer for the agricultural society for Peterborough County. He married Eleanor Hilliard in 1858 and later married Frances Snyder. Carnegie was owner and editor of the Peterboro Review and the Canada Lumberman. He was also a director of the Ontario Mutual Assurance Company. He was defeated by Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn for the Peterborough West seat in 1871. He died in 1910.
His son John Hilliard Carnegie also later served in the provincial assembly.
Source: John Carnegie (Peterborough County politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Carnegie (Jacobite)
John Carnegie ( – 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. He had succeeded to the estate of his father by 1683. He was educated at Marischal College from 1696 to 1698 and at the University of Leyden in 1700, aged 20. In 1703, he was admitted as an advocate. He married Margaret Skene, daughter of James Skene of Grange and Kirkcaldy, Fife on 6 November 1707.
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. He was returned again for Forfar at the 1710 general election and in 1713. In 1714 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland but was only in post for 6 months. At the 1715 general election, he was returned as MP for Forfar. He took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, for which he was expelled from the House of Commons in 1716.
Carnegie died by 14 May 1750. He had two sons, and his elder son was served as heir.
Source: John Carnegie (Jacobite), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Carnegie (Labour politician)
John Carnegie (1860 – 4 February 1928) was a Scottish politician.
Born in Brechin, Carnegie began working at the age of ten. He became interested in socialism, joining the Socialist League, and was an early member of the Scottish Labour Party, then became a founding member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP). Under this label, he was elected to the Dundee Public Board in 1894, becoming its first socialist member, and in 1904 he was elected to Dundee Town Council.
By the 1920s, Carnegie was living in Barry near Carnoustie, and working as a building contractor. He served on the Forfarshire Education Authority Works Committee. He stood for the Labour Party in Montrose Burghs at the 1922 and 1923 United Kingdom general elections, taking a close second place on each occasion.
Source: John Carnegie (Labour politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Carnegie
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