114 CAITHNESS. he claimed the " dignities of Earl of Caithness, Lord or Bnvon of Bcrricdale " ns tho nearest h. male of " John, Lord Berriedale, the 1st s. of George, 1th K;n-1 of Caithness." On 7 May 177*2 his right to the Earldom (no mention being made of the title of " BcrrUdale ") was declared by the Committee for privileges. He in. Barbara, da. of John Sinclair of Scotscalder. He </. at Edinburgh, 29 Nov. 1770 in his S3rd year. His widow d. at Bath, 20 Feb. 1793. XXXI. 1779. 11. John (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness [§.], s. and h. He joined the army 1772, and became Major, 76th Foot, 1777, serving, as such, in America, where, at the siege of Charlestown, ho was wounded. Lieut. Col., 1783. He d. suddenly and num. in London, 8 April 1789 in his 33rd year and was bur. 13th at St. Marylebone, MidxC) Will pr. 1789. XXXII. 1789. 12. James (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness [S.l cousin and h. male, being only s. and h. of Sir John Sinclair, 5th Bart. [S.] of M.v, by Catharine, da. of Eric Sutherland of Dufl'ns, which Sir .John was s. and h. of Sir James S., 4th Bart., s. and h. of Sir James S. , 3rd Bart., s. and h. of Sir William S., 2nd Bart., s. and h. of Sir James S., 1st Bart , s. and h, of Sir William S. of Mey, s. and h. of George Sinclair of Mey, the 3rd s. of George, 4th Earl of Caith- ness al'ovenamed. He was 4. 31 Oct. 1700 nt Barrogill Castle co. Caithness and sue. his Father in the Baronetcy, 26 March 1774. lie did not assume the Earldom till 4 Mav 1793, when his right was found good by the House of Lords. ( b ) Hit. [8.] 1807 and 1S12. Lord Lieut, of co. Caithness. Postmaster Gen. [S.j 1S10. Lieut. Col. of tho Rosshire Militia. He m. 2 Jan. 17S4 at Thurso Castle, Jean, 2nd da. of Gen. Alexander Cajipijell of Barealdine, Dep. Gov. of Fort St. George, by Helen, da. of George Sinclair of Ulbster, co. Caithness. He d. 16 July lS23~at Barrogill Castle. His widow d. 2 April 1S53 at Edinburgh. [John Sinclair, styled Lord Berriedale, s. and h. ap. b. 20 July 17S8 ; d. uum. in his 14th year, 1 June 1S02 at Barrogill Castle]. XXXIII. 1823. 13. Alexander Campbell (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness [S.], 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. 4. 24 July 1790; sometime (1807) an officer in the army. Lord Lieut, of co. Caithness. Ho m. 22 Nov. 1818, at Mortlake, Surrey, Frances Harriett, da. and coheir of William LEIGH, of Rushall Hall, co. Stafford, Dean of Hereford. She d. 23 Aug. 1S54. Heci. 24 Dec. 1855. XXXIV. 1855. 14- Jambs (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness [S.], s. and h., 4. 10 Aug. 1821. Lord Lieut, of co. Caithness, 1856. One of the Lords in waiting 1S56-58 and 1869-66. Rep. Peer [S.] 1858-68. On 1 May 1800 he was er. BARON BARROGILL of Barrogill Castle, co. Caithness. He was well known in the se'entific world, being the iuventor of a steam carriage, a compass, &c. He m. firstly, 17 July 1847 at St. Geo. Han. sq., Louisa Georgian.!, 3rd and yst da. and coheir of Sir George Richard Phillips, Bart., of Weston, co. Warwick, by Sarah Georgiana, da of Richard (Cavendish), Baron Waterpark [I.]. She d. 31 July 1870 at Barrogill Castle. He m. secondly 6 March 1872, at (No. 6) Windsor street, Edinburgh, Marie, Duchesse de Pomar (so ci, in 1879, by Pope Leo XIII), widow of Gen. the COMTB de MEDINA Pomar, da. of Don Jose de Mariateoui. He d. in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, America, 28 March 1881 and was bur. in the Chapel Royal, Holyrood, co. Edinburgh. His widow living 1887 at Paris. (•') After his death the lands of Ratter &c. were sold by order of the Court for £13,313. ( b ) In Scotland a peerage vests by simple survivance, and, therefore, although he did not assume the Earldom in 1789, the freeholders of his county objected to his vote as a Commoner and were allowed by the Court of Session 2 Feb. 1790 "to prove that Sinchur of Mey has sue. to the title of Earl of Caithness." As, however, shortly afterwards, he resolved to assert his status as a Peer, the case was not further proceeded with.
