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Clan Sinclair. Father. Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney. Mother. Egidia Douglas. William Sinclair (1410–1480), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), last Earl (Jarl) of Orkney (1434–1470 de facto, –1472 de jure ), 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin was a Norwegian and Scottish nobleman and the builder of Rosslyn Chapel, in ...
In 1543, John Sinclair, Master of Caithness had obtained a charter from Mary, Queen of Scots by which the Earldom of Caithness became a male fee, to him and his male heirs. He married Jean Hepburn, daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell and had the following children: George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness.
William Sinclair (died 1570) was a Scottish nobleman and the 5th Lord Sinclair. In The Scots Peerage by James Balfour Paul he is designated as the 4th Lord Sinclair in descent starting from William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and 3rd Earl of Orkney, but historian Roland Saint-Clair designates him as the 5th Lord Sinclair in descent from the father of the 1st Earl of Caithness and 3rd Earl ...
There is a remission cited as being made by George Hepburn who was Bishop of the Isles from 1510 to 1513, in favour of William, Earl of Caithness for all "Murders and crimes", which according to Roland Saint-Clair must mean incidents of disputed administration, feuds and property quarrels, and not personal felony.
He had succeeded to the Earldom of Caithness upon the death of his relation George Sinclair, 7th Earl of Caithness, in 1698, who had died without issue and this brought an end to the male heirs of George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness. His father had resigned the lands of Murkle in favor of himself and of John in March 1644. Family
James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness (1766–1823) was a Scottish noble, Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Highland Scottish clan. [1] James Sinclair was born at Barrogill Castle ( Castle of Mey) on 31 May 1766. [2] He was the son of Sir John Sinclair of Mey, Baronet who he succeeded in the baronetcy in 1774. [2]
James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness, FRS (16 August 1821 – 28 March 1881), styled Lord Berriedale from 1823 to 1855, was a Scottish Liberal politician, scientist and inventor. Life [ edit ] Caithness was the son of Alexander Sinclair, 13th Earl of Caithness, and his wife Frances Harriet, daughter of the Very Reverend William Leigh, Dean of Hereford .
