William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (born 1756)

William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk

Royal Navy officer

Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. While in command of HMS Monmouth he was caught in the Nore Mutiny of 1797 and was the officer selected to relay the…