Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Sinclair, (Sir) John (Bart.)

by Joseph Foster

Sinclair, (Sir) John (Bart.), s. George, of Thurso, co. Caithness, arm. Trinity Coll., matric. 26 Jan., 1775, aged 20; of Ulbster, co. Caithness, created a baronet 14 Feb., 1786, Scottish advocate 1775, bar.at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1782, M.P. Caithness 1780-4, 1790-6, 1802-6, and 1807-11, Lostwithiel 1784-90, and Petersfield 1797-1802, D.C.L. Glasgow, F.R. & A.S., privy councillor, president Board of Agriculture, etc., died 21 Dec., 1835. See Foster's Baronetage.