Charles Carnegy

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.[1] He graduated from there into the Worcestershire Regiment as a lieutenant in August 1884.[2] Soon after he was transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment,[3] followed by a further transfer to the Bombay Staff Corps in March 1886.[4] He fought against the Burmese resistance movement from 1886 to 1888,[1] in addition to being appointed aide-de-camp to his father in India in June 1887.[5] He was later promoted to captain in August 1895.[6]

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.[7] Carnegy scored 75 runs in these seven matches, at an average of exactly 8 and a high score of 15.[8] Having been previously promoted to major, he was later promoted to lieutenant colonel in February 1909, while serving as commandant with the 107th Pioneers.[9] Carnegy was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class in December 1911.[10] He later served during the First World War, being assigned to the East Surrey Regiment in November 1914,[11] with him being placed in command of a battalion in September 1916.[12] He was made a brevet colonel in January 1917,[13] and commanded the 52nd Graduated Battalion, Rifle Brigade in the latter stages of the war.[14] Carnegy died suddenly on 23 April 1928 at Stutton, Suffolk. He was a member of the wider Northesk family.[15]