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SINCLAIR. 569 SIB JOHN SINCLAIR, of Edinburgh, merchant, acquired the lands and barony of Stevenson, &c. &c. by purchase; created a BARONET OP NOVA SCOTIA 18 June, 1636 ; m. Mar- garet Macnath, of Newbyres, and d. 1648/9. His great-grandson, SIR JOHN, 4th Baronet (on the death of his father Sir Robert), M.P. Lanarks. m. Martha, dau. and heir of Sir John Lockhart, of Castle Hill, co. Lanark, Lord Castlehill of Session ; he d. 1726, having had with other issue 3 sons, [1] Sir Robert, s. as 5th Baronet. [2] James Lockhart, of Castle Hill, by settlement of his mother, and assumed that surname; m. Charlotte, dau. of James Bogle, clerk of the signet, and left 3 daus. [3] George, of Castle HiU, on the death of his brother ; sheriff CO. Lanark 1747, and Lord Woodhall of Session 1751; d. unm. 5 May, 1764. SIR ROBERT, 5th Baronet, m. Sept. 1733, Isabella, only dau. of Col. James Kerr, 3rd foot guards, and d. in 1754, having had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Sir John, s. as 6th Baronet. (2) James Lockhart, of Castlehill, on the death of his uncle George, Lord Newhall. His descendant, Robert lockhart, of Castle Hill and Camnethan, co. Lanark, d. 2 Nov. 1850, having m. Ist— 9 Oct. 1804, Eliza, dau. of Richard Ne^vman-Newmau, M.D. (formerly Toll), of Thornbury Park, co. Glouc. and Hamilton, Lanarks.; shed. April, 1816, having had with 4 daus. 3 sons, who aU d. s.p. He m. 2ndly — 30 June, 1817, Charlotte Simpson, dau. of Capt. William Mercer, of Potterhill, n.b. ; she d. 18 Mar. 1869, having had 2 sons and 7 daus. /I/ Graeme Alexander Lockhart, of Castle Hill, J.p. d.l. c.B. major-gen. in the army, col. late 78th regt. heir pre- sumptive to the Baronetcy ; b. 23 Jan. 1820; m. 1861, Emily Udny, dau. of James Brebner, Esq. of Aberdeen, advocate. /2/ George Dimcan, b. ,1821. /3/ Charlotte. — /4/ FryncesCharlotte Mercer.— /5/ Louisa /6/ Elenora Jane. — /7/ Margaret Douglas. /8/ Roberta Emilia. /Q/ Barbara Forbes, m. 1859, to Alexander Whitelaw, Esq. of Gartshore, co. Dumbarton, and Woodhall, co. Lanark, J.P. 1).L. M.P. Glasgow 1874/9 ; he d. 1 July, 1879, leaving 4 sons and 5 daus. Alexander Whitelaw, b. 1862.— Grsme Alex- ander Lockhart, b. 1863. — William, b. 1868.— Jamee Baird, b. 1870.— Charlotte Lockhart. — Janet Baird. — Mary Barbara. — Helen Douglas. — Caroline Forbes. SIR JOHN, 6th Baronet on the death of his father 1754, succeeded to the estate of Murkle on the death of Alex- ander, 9th Earl of Caithness, by virtue of a deed of entail dated 1761; and by a special clause carried the additional designation and arms of Sinclair, of Murkle ; he d. 13 Feb. 1789, having m. Mary, yoimgest dau. of William Blair, of that ilk, advocate, and had with other issue, SIR ROBERT, 7th Baronet, lieut.-gov. Fort St. George; Scotland; d. 4 Aug. 1795, having m. 2 April, 1789, Lady Madeline, 2nd dau. of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon (she re-m. 25 Nov. 1805, to Charles Fysche Palmer, of Luckly Park, Berks), and had an only son, SIB JOHN GORDON, 8th Baronet, adm.R.N. served in the " Victory " flagship under Lord Nelson, commanded the "Redwing" at Morjean and Cassis in the Mediterranean, capt. of port of Gibraltar ; b. 31 July, 1790; d. 13 Nov. 1863, having m. 15 June, 1812, Anne, only dau. of Adm. the Hon. Michael de Courcy, and niece of John, 26th Lord Kingsale; she d. 23 Sept. 1857, having had with other issue 3 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir Robert Charles Sinclair, 9th and present Baronet. (2) John Michael de Courcy, capt. R.A.; b. 22 Nov. 1823; d. 15 June, 1862. (3) Gordon Comwallis, lieut. R.N. b. 13 Aug. 1855; d. 21 Mar. 1866. (4) Madalina, m. 15 Oct. 1839, to Hon. Dudley Worsley Pelham, capt. R.N. (E. Yarborough) ; he d. 13 April, 1851. (5) Susan Hay, m. 12 June, 1867, as 2nd wife, to Major-Gen. Wilbraham Gates Lennox, r.e. c.b. v.C (D. Richmond). Sinclair, of Dunbeath — see Addenda, " Chaos." QilNCLAIR, Sir John George Tollemache, ^^ of Ulbster, co. Caithness. (1786, G.B.), m.p. since 1870, late Scots guards, vice-lieut. Caithness 1876 ; s. his father as .3rd Baronet in 1868 ; b. 8 Nov. 1824; m. 22 Nov. 1853, Emma Isabella Harriett, dau. of late William Standish-Standish, of Dusbury Park, Lancashire (div. 1878), and has 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Clarence Granville, lieut. Scots guards, b. 3 April, 1858. (2) George Felix Standish, R. Perth mil. b. 11 Jan. 1862. (3) Amy Camilla, m. 8 July, 1874, to John Henry FuUarton- Udny, of Udny Castle, co. Aberdeen. (4) Nina Mary Adelaide. Arms— Quarterly : 1st, Az. a ship at anchor her oars in saltire within the royal tressure of Scotland or, ORKNEY. 2nd and 3rd, Or, a lion rampant gu. SPAR. 4th, Az. a ship under sail or, Caithness, and over all a cross engrailed quarterly arg. and sa. Sinclair, all within a bordure quarterly or and gu. the last charged with three stars gold. Crest — A star of six points waved or. Supporters— Two red deer ppr. Motto — J'aime le Sucillian. Seat— Thurso Castle, Caithness. Residence— Chateau de la Bocca, Cannes. Hineagp. RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, of Ulbster [son of George Sinclair (and Hon. Janet Sutherland, dau. of William, Lord Strathnaven, and sister of WiUiam, Earl of Sutherland), descended in the 5th generation from John Sin- slair, of Ulbster, by his 2nd wife Catherine Stuart; he was natural son of William Sinclair, of Mey, 2nd son of George, 4th Earl of Caithness], D.C.L. Glasgow 1788, F.R. and A.s. P.c. president board of agriculture, M.P. Caithness 1784, 1790, 1802, 1807, Lostwithiel, ComwaU, Petersfield, Hants, director of the bank of Scotland, &c. &c. advocate Edinburgh 1775, and afterwards called to the English bar; created a BARONET 14 Feb. 1786, with remainder to the male issue of his daus. respectively in default of issue male; b. 10 May, 1754; d. 21 Dec. 1835, having m. 1st— 26 Mar. 1776, Sarah, dau. of Alexander Maitland, of Stoke Newington, by whom he had a surviving dau. /I/ Janet, d. 21 Oct. 1846, having m. (contract dated 11 June, 1799) to Sir James Colquhoun, 3rd Bart, who d. 3 Feb. 1836. SIR JOHN m. 2ndly— 6 Mar. 1788, Hon. Diana, dau. of Alexander, 1st Lord Macdonald ; she d. 22 April, 1846, having had with other issue 6 sons and 4 daus. /2/ Sir George, s. as 2nd Baronet. /3/ Alexander, E.I.C.C.S. the Scotch genealogist ; b. 17 June, 1794 ; d. unm. 9 Aug. 1877. /4/ John, M.A. archdeacon of Middx. and vicar of Kensington, a principal promoter of the National Society ; b. 20 Aug. 1797; d. 22 May, 1875. /5/ Archibald, capt. R.N. b. 20 Sept. 1801; d. 1 June, 1859. /6/ WiUiam, prebendary of Chichester, rural dean and rector of Pulborough, Sussex, vicar of St. George's, Leeds, formerly capt. Madras cav.; b. 4 Sept. 1804; d. 8 July, 1878, having m. 1st— 28 Dec. 1837, Helen, dau. of Wilham EUice, niece of Rt. Hon. Edward Ellice, of Invergarry, Inverness, M.P.); she d. Oct. 1842, having had 2 sens,