David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (born 3 March 1961) is a British and Scottish peer, landowner, and business man. He was styled Earl of Macduff until 1992, and then Earl of Southesk until succeeding his father on 22 June 2015 as the fourth Duke of Fife and Chief of the Clan Carnegie.
He is also Earl of Macduff and Baron Balinhard, in the peerage of the United Kingdom; Earl of Southesk and Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird, in the peerage of Scotland; and a Baronet, of Pittarrow in the County of Kincardine, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.
The only surviving son of the late James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, and his former wife Caroline Dewar, Carnegie was educated at Eton College, Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1982 with a BA degree, and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. In 1986, he received the Cambridge MA degree by seniority.
A great-grandson of Louise, Princess Royal (1867âÂÂ1931), eldest daughter of Edward VII, he is the highest in the line of succession to the British throne who is not a descendant of George V. He is a third cousin of Charles III.
While still styled Earl of Macduff, Fife was employed by London-based stock brokerage firm Cazenove between 1982 and 1985. Between 1988 and 1989, he was with the Edinburgh-based investment management firm of Bell, Lawrie and Company. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh Business School in 1990 with an MBA degree. Between 1992 and 1996, he was with chartered accountants and financial advisers Reeves and Neylan. As of 2003, he was living at Kinnaird Castle in Angus, Scotland, one of his father's family seats.
Carnegie married on 16 June 1987 in London, Caroline Anne Bunting (born Windsor, 1961), only daughter of Martin Brian Bunting and his wife Veronica Mary Cope. They have three sons:
The Duchess of Fife is a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Angus.