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.
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.
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.
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]
- Liquid Steel
- Can Church and Industry Unite?
- The History of Munitions Supply in Canada 1914–1918, 1924
- The Arms Industry, 1936
- The Steel Sanction, 1937
- World Economics and Peace, 1939
- The International Labour Organization in World Affairs, 1943
- Armaments with Security Explained, 1945
Family
He was married to Frances Ellen Llloyd.[9]
References
- ↑ ‘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
- ↑ ‘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
- ↑ ‘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
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ ‘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
- ↑ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf