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Charles Gilbert Carnegy MVO (29 June 1864 – 23 April 1928) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Major-General Alexander Carnegy CB, he was born in British India in June 1864. Carnegy was educated in England at Clifton College, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated from there into the Worcestershire Regiment as a lieutenant in August 1884. Soon after he was transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment, followed by a further transfer to the Bombay Staff Corps in March 1886. He fought against the Burmese resistance movement from 1886 to 1888, in addition to being appointed aide-de-camp to his father in India in June 1887. He was later promoted to captain in August 1895.

While in India, he played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team on seven occasions in the Bombay Presidency Match between 1892 and 1902. Carnegy scored 75 runs in these seven matches, at an average of exactly 8 and a high score of 15. Having been previously promoted to major, he was later promoted to lieutenant colonel in February 1909, while serving as commandant with the 107th Pioneers. Carnegy was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class in December 1911. He later served during the First World War, being assigned to the East Surrey Regiment in November 1914, with him being placed in command of a battalion in September 1916. He was made a brevet colonel in January 1917, and commanded the 52nd Graduated Battalion, Rifle Brigade in the latter stages of the war. Carnegy died suddenly on 23 April 1928 at Stutton, Suffolk. He was a member of the wider Northesk family.

References

1. ^ Borwick, F.; King, J. E. (1912). Clifton College Register, 1862 to 1912. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. p. 107.
2. "No. 25389". The London Gazette. 22 August 1884. p. 3830.
3. "No. 25437". The London Gazette. 30 January 1885. p. 430.
4. "No. 25734". The London Gazette. 30 August 1887. p. 4697.
5. "No. 25727". The London Gazette. 5 August 1887. p. 4243.
6. "No. 26672". The London Gazette. 18 October 1895. p. 5694.
7. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Carnegy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
8. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Carnegy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
9. "No. 28259". The London Gazette. 11 June 1909. p. 4483.
10. "No. 28559". The London Gazette. 8 December 1911. p. 9364.
11. ^ "No. 28988". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1914. p. 10113.
12. "No. 29916". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 1917. p. 925.
13. "No. 31260". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 March 1919. p. 4175.
14. Death of distinguished soldier. Dundee Evening Telegraph. 25 April 1928. p. 1

External links

• Charles Carnegy at ESPNcricinfo

• 1864 births
• 1928 deaths
• English people of Scottish descent
• People educated at Clifton College
• Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
• Worcestershire Regiment officers
• East Yorkshire Regiment officers
• British Indian Army officers
• English cricketers
• Europeans cricketers
• Members of the Royal Victorian Order
• British Army personnel of World War I
• East Surrey Regiment officers
• Rifle Brigade officers
• Bombay Staff Corps officers
• British people in colonial India