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Colonel Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, PC, MP, FRS, FRSE, FSA (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835), was a Scottish politician, military officer and writer who was one of the first people to use the word "statistics" in the English language in his pioneering work, Statistical Accounts of Scotland, which was published in 21 volumes.
Sir John Sinclair: The Man Behind the Statistical Account. Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster was born at Thurso Castle in 1754. Although originally trained in law, he spent the majority of his career in Westminster where he was Member of Parliament for Caithness for over 30 years.
Surveying the nation. The ‘Statistical Account of Scotland’ was intended as a complete survey of Scotland. It was organised by Sir John Sinclair, who hoped that, by surveying the nation, the account would reveal the ‘quantum of happiness’ of its people.
Sir John Sinclair, 1754-1835. Scottish statesmen, statistician and agrarian reformer. Scion of the Sinclairs of Ulster, a noble family of Caithness, John Sinclair was tutored by the poet John Logan before enrolling in the high school and then the university of Edinburgh at the age of thirteen.
Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet (born 1763) succeeded in the title in 1767 but nothing further is known about him or the baronetcy. The Sinclair baronetcy, of Dunbeath in the County of Caithness, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 12 October 1704 for James Sinclair, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever.
Overview. Sir John Sinclair. (1754—1835) agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of ‘useful knowledge’. Quick Reference. (1754–1835) Sinclair was born 10 May 1754 at Thurso Castle, Caithness and died at Edinburgh on 21 December 1835. He was the second son of a landowner whose 60,000 acres ...
views 1,605,543 updated. Sir John Sinclair, 1754–1835, Scottish agricultural economist and statistician. He compiled A Statistical Account of Scotland (21 vol., 1791–99), giving information on farming and other industries, notes on natural history, and statistics on population.
