Robert Black Carnegie
Robert Black Carnegie (c1904-1961), Devon County Surveyor
1946 'Mr R. B. Carnegie, county surveyor for Inverness, has been appointed county surveyor of Devon.'[1] Succeeded Andrew Warren
1953 'Mr Robert B. Carnegie, county surveyor of Devon, who received his training in Fife, receives the C.B.E. for his work on the temporary reconstruction following the Lynmouth flood disaster. Mr Carnegie is County Surveyor of Devon and Chief Engineer of the Devon River Board. Prior to going to Devon he was County Surveyor of Inverness-shire, 1943-46, and County Road Surveyor of Zetland, 1931-43. He is 49 years of age, arid a son of the late Mr Alexander S. Carnegie. and nephew of Miss L. Carnegie, 88 Brechin Road, Arbroath. where he has spent many holidays. Mr Carnegie was educated at Perth Academy and Heriot Watt College, and is the author of several technical papers.'[2]
1961 Died. 'Mr R. B. Carnegie, who was at one time deputy roads surveyor in St Andrews, has died at his home, Inverexe, Topsham, Exeter, Devon. He had been County Surveyor in Devon for 15 years and was twice decorated in a distinguished career. He was largely responsible for the reconstruction of Lynmouth following the flood disaster in 1952, and was awarded the C.B.E. His other award was the O.B.E., which he received for airfield and defence construction work in the Shetlands during the last war while he was county surveyor there. He had also been county surveyor for Inverness-shire for some years. Mr Carnegie, who was 58, had many friends in St Andrews. He was educated at Perth Academy and Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh, and was a member of the Institute of Municipal Engineers and a Fellow and Past President of the Institute of Highway Engineers. He was in St Andrews from 1930 to 1935, and during that time he was Mr C. M. Dawson’s chief assistant, and he assisted Mr Dawson along with the consulting engineer in the construction of the new bridge and approaches at Guard Bridge. This was finally opened in 1938.'[3]