Clan Carnegie (Carnegie Tartan)

1. About Clan Carnegie

2. Clan Carnegie History

The neighborhood in Carmyllie, Angus, gave rise to the name of the Carnegies. However, prior to adopting this name, the family was known by the Angus, Scotland-based place name of Balinhard.

Records from 1230 contain information about the Balinhards. Walter de Maule gave John of Balinhard the lands and barony of Carnegie in 1358.

As John the First of Carnegie, he lived until the year 1370. His successor, John Carnegie of that ilk, had a direct line of descent that continued until 1530.

A significant Carnegie line was established in this region after Duthac of Carnegie purchased a portion of Kinnaird's estates in 1409.

At Flodden in 1513, John of Kinnaird fought and lost his life. Robert, his son, was appointed a judge in 1547. At the Battle of Pinkie, he was captured.

In 1556, after his release, he received a knighthood and was appointed Scotland's envoy to France.

He was the first Carnegie to assert that his ancestors served as the cup bearers for the Scottish kings. The family crest, which features an old cup, pays homage to this royal position.

Sir David Carnegie, the eighth of Kinnaird, was created Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird in 1616. He received the title Earl of Southesk in 1633.

Because of his Royalist views, Cromwell put the second Earl James in prison. He studied magic in Padau, which is why he was referred to as the "Black Earl."

Sir James Carnegie of Pittarrow, a distinguished soldier, was descended from a younger son of the 1st Earl of Southesk.

This family line became the Baronets of Nova Scotia in 1663. Lord Southesk and Glengarry collaborated closely in the Jacobite Army during the Rising of 1715.

In those days, the Glengarry tartan was adapted into the Carnegie tartan. The fourth duke of Fife, David Carnegie, resides at Kinnaird Castle in Angus, which serves as the family seat today.

Kinnaird Castle, near Brechin, is home to the Earl of Southesk, the future chief of Clan Carnegie

3. Clan Carnegie Tartans

James Carnegie, 5th Earl of Southesk, who participated in the 1715 uprising, is supposed to have adopted the Carnegie tartan, which is a variation of the MacDonnell of Glengarry.

The only apparent distinction is that the Carnegie's white changes from Glengarry white to yellow. The passage of time might, however, have contributed to this small variation.

While "modern" refers to the employment of darker colors, "ancient" refers to the dye colours, which are typically lighter.

Y/4 G4 R4 G4 R4 G12 K12 R4 B12 R4 B4 R4 B/6 Threadcount

Carnegie Ancient

Carnegie Modern

4. Clan Carnegie Crest & Coats of Arms 

4.1 Clan Carnegie Crest

Worn by all of the name and ancestry

4.2 Clan Carnegie Coats of Arms

Note on Coats of Arms: A coat of arms is given to an individual under Scottish heraldic law (with the exception of civic or corporate arms). A 'family coat of arms' does not exist.

With the exclusions listed above, the weapons depicted below are personal weapons. The only person authorized to use these weapons is the grantee.

CARNEGIE, Earl of Southesk

An eagle exhibited on argent, beaked and membered in azure, and holding a cup with an old cover on its breast. Or

5. Clan Carnegie Places & People

5.1 Clan Carnegie People

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)

The most well-known industrialist and philanthropist in America called his Dunfermline birthplace "the most sacred spot to me on Earth."

He started working the bobbins at a fabric mill when he was a teenager and continued until he escaped to work as a telegraph messenger in 1850.

His family had to immigrate from Scotland to Pittsburgh because of unemployment in 1848.

He learned everything he could about business, and he took out a mortgage on his home to acquire shares that a boss had suggested.

We might not be aware of him right now if the shares had dropped. However, as his wealth grew, he focused his investments on sectors critical to America's development.

He was aware of the significance and requirements of the developing railroads because he had experience working for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

He was actively involved in the production of steel, sleeper cars, and locomotives.

The newly formed United States Steel Corporation, which sought to combine America's steel manufacturing, approached him in 1901.

He gave their representative Charles M. Schwab a piece of paper with his asking price for Carnagie Steel on it.

Schwab agreed, and Carnegie subsequently remarked that he ought to have requested an additional $100 million. Despite the fact that the number on the page read $400,000,000, he was informed "You'd have gotten" it.

In his "Gospel of Wealth," Carnegie asserted that "the man who dies rich, dies disgraced," and he spent his retirement giving away his riches.

While working at the Pittsburgh Telegraph Office, he recalled how Colonel James Anderson's free access to the library had considerably aided him.

Colonel Anderson is credited with spending an estimated £70.95 million on charitable endeavors, which included 2,811 libraries "for the masses."

One such example is the stunning, copper-domed structure that will house Glasgow's growing Mitchell Library, whose foundation stone was set by the man himself.

6. Associated Names

Carnegie of Southesk and Carnegie of Northesk are the branches.