David Carnegie (scientist)

Col. David Carnegie CBE FRSE MInstCE JP (1868-14 March 1949), was a British scientist, engineer and Liberal Party politician who worked for the Canadian government.

Background

He was the son of David and Margaret Carnegie of Aberdeen. He was educated at Gordon's College, Aberdeen and at the Royal College of Science, London. He married Frances Ellen Lloyd of Leicester. They had three sons. In 1920 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was made an Honorary Colonel of the Canadian Militia.[1]

Professional career

Carnegie was a Civil and Ordnance Engineer. He was Honorary Consulting Technical Ordnance Adviser to the Canadian Government. In 1915 he was a Member and Ordnance Adviser to the Shell Committee in Canada. He was a Member and Ordnance Adviser of the Imperial Munitions Board in Canada from 1915–19. In 1915 he was appointed as Chairman of Commission by the Canadian Government to inquire into the feasibility of refining zinc and copper in Canada. He was Chairman of the Inventions Committee in Canada. In 1919 he was a Canadian Government Delegate to the National Industrial Conference in Ottawa. In 1922 he was a Canadian Government Member for the International Labour Organization. He was a Canadian Member of the Temporary Mixed Commission for the Reduction of Armaments at the League of Nations from 1921–24. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[2]

Political career

Carnegie took a particular interest in international affairs through the League of Nations Union which was formed in 1918. In 1925 he was elected a Member of the Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union. He remained on this committee for the next nine years. He was also interested in serving the local community and was a Justice of the peace.[3] He was Liberal candidate for the Canterbury division of Kent at the 1924 General Election. The Canterbury division included the town of Whitstable, where Carnegie had made his home. It was a safe Unionist seat that had not elected a Liberal since 1868.

1924 General Election: Canterbury[4]

Electorate 36,045

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Rt Hon. Ronald John McNeill 16,693 70.3
Liberal David Carnegie 7,061 29.7
Majority 9,632 40.6
Turnout 65.9
Unionist hold Swing

In November 1927 he was again Liberal candidate for the Canterbury by-election, 1927.

Canterbury by-election, 1927[5]

Electorate 39,229

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir William Abraham Edward Wayland 13,657 57.3 -13.0
Liberal David Carnegie 10,175 42.7 +13.0
Majority 3,482 14.6 -26.0
Turnout 23,832 60.8 -5.1
Unionist hold Swing -13.0

He was Liberal candidate for the third time at Canterbury for the 1929 General Election.

1929 General Election: Canterbury[6]

Electorate 49,499

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir William Abraham Edward Wayland 19,181 56.7 -0.6
Liberal David Carnegie 9,937 29.4 -13.3
Labour P S Eastman 4,703 13.9 n/a
Majority 9,244 27.3 +12.7
Turnout 33,821 68.3
Unionist hold Swing +6.3

He did not stand for parliament again.[7]

Publications

He had published a number of works;[8]

Family

He was married to Frances Ellen Llloyd.[9]

References

  1. ↑ ‘CARNEGIE, Col David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 17 April 2014
  2. ↑ ‘CARNEGIE, Col David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 17 April 2014
  3. ↑ ‘CARNEGIE, Col David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 17 April 2014
  4. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
  8. ↑ ‘CARNEGIE, Col David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 17 April 2014
  9. ↑ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
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