3Liiicac. In era. SOS, Iligenwall, Karl of Shore and Jlaumdahl, in mother of James, ath Flarl of B”thw°lI, Duke of Orkney, Norway, 1 ta1 id a grant of the Orkney lotaids from King titled hmnahas,d of Olar.v, Qneen of Scotland. Henry, Lard 1 l&iiOLD liens tisa. One of the aorta of Earl lb ig nwtlil. Sinrelair, waa a. i’y Iris acts, halls, conquered Neuatria, fonndod the line of eovoroiga WiLLna.sa SracLane, 2nd L,,rd Sinclair, or, in reality, 5th link-co if Normandy, and was ancestor to WlLeiaar the Lord, lie at. holy hlizahcth Keith, darr. of Wtl’am, 3rd Cosorcrrcs. An, thor of his si irs, Eynar, as as the founder F.urrl Mariaohurl, anol descended from Jasse I., King of of a rare of Scandinavian Earls, who reigned over tho Sc’ itlarol. I Ia sI. 1570, cml ayes e. by ins arrly sort, Orkney and Oh tlitrnl islanile fir nrarly five centuries, with lIcasv Srcr nra, ird Lord Sinclair’. tie m. 1st, Janet, the title of Earle if tlrkniy. ‘Three Earls were twice allied dasr. of Patriok, 0th LonI Lindsay, of the Hp-es, by whom to the n ‘yal fnoi’y of Norway. Earl l’anl e. the granddau lie hail, avitli tither iaeare, 1 Jimes, Master if Siaelair of Magnne, the g, ed King if Ni’eavay, who t hi 1047; and 2 P,ntrick, as,aoatar tif the fuLririly of Sinclair of Budgreggie, Earl John oi. a dan. of 31ignns, Khsg if N irw,ia’, who ‘I. in John Sinclah’. of lla’grrggic, ira 5750, ann is represented by 2200. They were also twicr allied ti tIre riyal family of .tyti ‘on ,,f lrtehilah’sucy. He sit. lndly, Elizabeth, dan. of Scotland. Signril, 2nd Fail of Orknry, who woo killed at William, 7th Lard F’ ‘shoe, by whom he had, with other the battle of Clontarf. in 1014, is.. rosa of the done arid cii— lassie, a dan., Khicahcth, wife if Sir Duncan CampbeB, of i’eh’e of Mnn,inas II., King of Sc,,tland, and lbn’g:irct, Glantirchy, aruci’at’ir ti the Mart1ot ss of Breadalborne. Lord (‘i ‘nntrss of Oi kney, dan. and siltim,Lte heiress of Earl Shsclair tl. irr 1605, and avas a. by his gs’rmdson, the son of Maci,, ia. a moml,er of the Scottish royal race, Madoch, his oldest sacs, Earl of Athol, ni’1ihew of King Marc, ‘LM lii. Ey the ,lasss Snacrera, lifaster of Sinclunir, who in Lady isabella former of these two marriages, the rigl t of e’ ‘—hrirslnp of the ancient line of Kings (if Scotini,l is shared I ietwern the rsigiihig family antI the Earls of Orkni y and their repro— bad a dasr , ltluwgtn’ct, avife of William, Lord Berriedtde, sentativos. lsihslla, Count so of Orkney, thai if Earl anti mt,thcr’ of Getirge, 6th Earl of Caithnese, arid three Jl:igaisrs, awl heiress if tins illaolrii us line, sit. Malisa, 6th sons snsamrsaively Lards Sinclair. Earl i,f Str,itherne, inc of the nesot aneiont anti potent of llc’caac Ith lied, c. his grandfather, 1602 it 2602. the native Scottish magnates. The son of tins snanitigo, Terms, 5th Ltc-d Sinebde, a. Irta hrotlscr, 3602 ; 0. 1607. Mali.sc, 7th Earl if Steatherne, Earl of Orkney and f’tdthness, Pavnmca, 6th T,ord Sincl,tir, a. his brother in 1607. Ba had nr’ male issue. his old’ et dan., ls,iht’lta, ‘a. air Mtwgaret, niats. of Sir Jtthrr Cockharrn, of Oranistt’n, lordjustice-clerk William St blair, Li,r’d of Thislyrs, anil trtetemittod her only cess, right to the Earliloro of Orkney to Henry her son. TIm rcani,ta aneeator if Williani St. i ‘lair was a noble Jima Smncrann, 7th b,onl Sinclair, wha m. Lady Mary Norman liaron, whit ni tamed Eitsl t frtan King DAVID I. Wemysa, dais. ttf John, lot Karl ,f Wemyas, Ity wisam he sf Seethand and his father, William St. Cloir, Lord ttf had to only il,os. arril stile heir to his title arid cstatre, hitislyn, the companion in arms of Ehig Iltimtwr Bcune,, (‘atliceine, Mistress of Sincloh’. Mc ii. in 3676, aged 66. iteriohicd along with James, Litrd tif tt’’nglas, in hattIe Hie dan., against tIe Moore, in Spain, in 1330, while carrying that CaTncarsec Snutcn.etn, Mistress of Sinclair, or, aa she is monarch’s heart La the holy or pnlehsrc at Jcruaah’m. Ilsasy Sr. Gnats, son of William, Lard of Tliielyar, and John St. (‘lair, cltleot stat of Sb’ Julio St. (‘lair, of Hcrmandstun, is iliella tif Strathrrrte, hi irras of Orkn y, had his claim to son, Henry, heir through her to the title and estates of bar the E:irldtinn of Orkney adiaitted ity Race VI., Ring of fanrily. The Mistn’eas of Shrelate tt 1666. Her sen rind Nortvay, and aekntiwlc’dgod by ROBEcT Ii., King of Scotland, en ccc soar, in 1171) ; and ‘lying aliiart 140)1, he was e. 1 iy Ins sort, lION cv Sv. Grain, Inol Earl of Orknr , arid I,,ir,l Sittclah-. BeNny Sr. Greta, 0th Lortl Siniclair, got a charter, or lie in. Kgiilia, tIm. r,rr,i heir ‘if William II, otglas, Li ird if Ni.l,sdale, by Ptinesss Egiilia, den, of King li005rrr II. iii, son Wmrnmasn Sr. (‘Lain or SINCLAiR, 3rd Earl of Orkney, and with the formrr preordeocy, to him and the licire male of Lord Shraittir, was Lord High I ‘hituicellor anti 1,, rd high Ailminal of Set ‘tlanid. In I 132, he hail a grartt of the Earldorn cf (‘aithrteos, in ci ,rtiperioatt its for Iho Liirrtehip of ii trrnscw Sinclair, successively bretheragerman Is the Nicheihnlc. In 1471, lie avae oltligrd to resign hie Forl,l, rr, said Sir Joint of Htrdsaanotan, and tic heirs male of ‘if 0, kney to King JaMes In., winch u’aa ann, xed to the their laidies; which all failing, to the said Henry, his ceewrs Iiy .ict i if ltarliariaerit. Itt lieu t,f ti,ia lie iii tOned ti neutrcst heirs male whatsoever. henry, StIr Lord Sinclair, estates of I tyoart anti tlovnriscraig, in the corrroty if Fife. was a man of gretit prsbity,c.msd bcnsnr, and a devoted adherent At the tistro of hie ,laatb, in 1106, he was Earl of Caithnesa and Lord Sinclair. tIc at. let, Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald, j dethrone King Jsutrcs1 and settle the crown on the Prince 1016 SIN 4th Karl of Douglas, Duke of Tiinnmine, by Princess Margaret, eLm, of King lessor Ill., by whom he had a son, ViLrt as, and a lan C avunnutac, wife of Alexander, Parka of ,tlhusny, ersd sort of King Jaarse II. He sri. 2ndly, Marjory Sutherland, by whom he had, with other issue, n. Os,rrso, ti whom he aaaignted the estate of Hoalyn. Ha nyse aria, sti,r of tire famby of Sc. Clair of Ttoslyo, now extinct in the ot.da line. rr. Wnrrras, to whenu, with corret’rit of the crown, Ire assigned tIre Karldom of t’aitlr— nose. Ha was ancestor tt, thir Earls of Crdthrseae cod their nrino,cretsc branches. The last Karl of Orkeaay disinherited his ehilest sun, Wrrrn aar Snacr..arnr, of Nawhrwgh, Master of Orkney, arid Lord Sinel,sir. Thy an arraogcmcrrt with Ins yemuiger brothers, he ci ‘tahied the estates of Dysart and Havenssiring, in the county of Fife, arid was solemnly acknowledged by them as thch- chief and the head of their hi use. Ha rl. SINCLAIO, BAOON (James St. Clair), in the peerage in 1407, jrrst unfter he had hrcrrght this family compact to a of Sctttlann’l (so conhrsncd, 25 April, 1782) a Scotcla terrrrirratien. By his scifa, Laily Christian Leslie, dan. of ru’jiri’cenrtuttiva hear late capt. gr’cu.-gula. b. 3 J sily, George, 1st Karl of lOathes, lie had a sort and suecosaor, 15113; is. lila father 30 Sept. 1863 ; as.. 14 Sept.. 1330, l{cssev Srncs,erc, who, in 1400, was recognized as a peer Jmrlne, eltleutt dan. of Archibald Litt]e, Eaq. if of parliament, huy the Khrg and Parliament, as Lord Sinclair. As he was the first of the family avhtu held thunt title alone, Ire is generally styled 1st Lord Shrelair, although he was n. Cnaecc.ss-Wnrrnaas, .lllasftr of Si,iclair, liesrt,-cel. late in reality the fourth holder of that title. He perished at li’lirtl,lers, 3.313. By Hargurret, lam, of Adam ITopbarrn, Lord Iluales, arrd eister of the 1st Karl of Bothwell, he had nit. Janmes-Citioholna, Madras civil aervice, 0.21 Nov. 1137. iasrrc a sun, WrLr,narr, and srverai daus. One of these, Agnes, born jmrst before her father’s death, acts, in1 1540, wilt’ ‘if Purtriek Hepburn, 3rd Karl of Bcthwall. She was winch I.eearne extirrot itt the urale line an the death of Leslie, ,lass. of Andrew, 4th Karl of tl,tthes, by avhom he of Scotland, and dying in 1617, was s. by his stylc’l in sante gcrscmtlitgiee, Ilaronese Sinclair, m. in 2600, by when she ha,l, avitha twit childrcss who it unm.,a I diploma, dated 1 June, 1ti77,snrrder the great seal, from King Cnastrrs hi., confirming all the honcura, digntiliee, privilegae, &c., esjnyc I by his predecessors, Lords Sinclair, his body ; which failhtg to ,Tohrsa, his brother-german, and his heirs male; which failirrg to Hoben’t, George, and nf the Ileuse of Stuart. When he saw, at the Connotion of Estates, in 1609, that they ware determined to SIN Shahalon Parlc, Sinerey, and has hail issue, 57th regt. ;t’. 8 Sept. loll. mm. Areldbrld, eonene. hIN., Ii. 1 Oct. 1051. no. I,ockhart-Matthaw, t. 55 Jtnly, 1055. 1. Mary-Agnes. in. lichen, 0. 19 Aug. 1049.
