William Carnegie, 7th earl of Northesk
1758–1831
Naval officer. Lord Rosehill from 1788; succeeded as 7th earl of Northesk in 1792. Rear-admiral of the white, 1804. In the Britannia, he was third in command to Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, 1805.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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