18-481: Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland . According to James Balfour Paul 's The Scots Peerage , volume VII published in 1910, the first person to be styled Lord Sinclair was William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and 1st Earl of Caithness (died 1480). However, according to Roland Saint-Clair writing in the late 19th century, William Sinclair's father, Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney , who died in 1420,
36-466: A new charter of the peerage confirming him in the title and with remainders respectively to his brother Henry Sinclair and his father's brothers Robert St Clair, George St Clair and Matthew St Clair, and failing them to his own heirs male whatsoever. However, his eldest son and heir John Sinclair, Master of Sinclair, was involved in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and attainted by Parliament. Consequently, he
54-623: A person who was not legitimate at birth, but was subsequently legitimised by their parents marrying later. The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are, in ascending order: Lord of Parliament , Viscount , Earl , Marquess and Duke . Scottish Viscounts differ from those of the other Peerages (of England, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom) by using the style of in their title, as in Viscount of Oxfuird . Though this
72-652: Is 16 miles (26 kilometres) from Castle Douglas along the A713 road , at the southern terminus of the A702 road (to Edinburgh ). It's also located on an old pilgrimage route to Whithorn and St Ninian's Cave and named after the Knights of St John . The village was the centre of the 1666 Pentland Rising The Church of Scotland , Parish Church built in 1831 by William McCandlish is approached via an avenue of lime trees said to have been planted in 1828. Detached, at side of
90-579: Is a village in Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland , in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire . St Johns Town is located close to the Southern Upland Way , and the nearby Galloway Hills , including the peaks of Corserine and Cairnsmore of Carsphairn . It is also sited on a bend of the Water of Ken , about three miles (five kilometres) from the northern edge of Loch Ken . The village
108-625: Is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union , the Kingdom of Scots and the Kingdom of England were combined under the name of Great Britain , and a new Peerage of Great Britain was introduced in which subsequent titles were created. Scottish Peers were entitled to sit in
126-522: Is the first person recorded as Lord Sinclair by public records. In 1470, William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin surrendered the earldom of Orkney in return for the earldom of Caithness . He divided his estates: his eldest son from his first marriage, William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair , inherited the title of Lord Sinclair, while he left the Barony of Roslin to his eldest son from his second marriage, Oliver , and
144-431: Is the theoretical form, most Viscounts drop the " of ". The Viscount of Arbuthnott and to a lesser extent the Viscount of Oxfuird still use " of ". Scottish Barons rank below Lords of Parliament, and although considered noble , their titles are incorporeal hereditaments . At one time barons did sit in parliament. However, they are considered minor nobles and not peers because their titles can be bought and sold. In
162-648: The House of Lords Act 1999 received the Royal Assent . Unlike most peerages, many Scottish titles have been granted with remainder to pass via female offspring (thus an Italian family has succeeded to and presently holds the earldom of Newburgh ), and in the case of daughters only, these titles devolve to the eldest daughter rather than falling into abeyance (as is the case with ancient English baronies by writ of summons ). Unlike other British peerage titles, Scots law permits peerages to be inherited by or through
180-540: The Lord Sinclair coat of arms is based on the feudal arms of the Earl of Orkney and being the lineal male heir of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. On the death of the tenth Lord, the male line failed. He was succeeded by his grandson, Henry, the eleventh Lord, the son of Catherine Sinclair, Mistress of Sinclair, daughter of the tenth Lord, and her husband John Sinclair, 23rd Lord Herdmanston . In 1677, he obtained
198-589: The ancient Parliament of Scotland . After the Union, the Peers of the old Parliament of Scotland elected 16 Scottish representative peers to sit in the House of Lords at Westminster . The Peerage Act 1963 granted all Scottish Peers the right to sit in the House of Lords, but this automatic right was revoked, as for all hereditary peerages (except those of the incumbent Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain ), when
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#1732782383958216-479: The earldom of Caithness to his second son from his second marriage, another William , from whom descend the chiefs of the Clan Sinclair . William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair's son, Henry Sinclair, 4th Lord Sinclair (died 1513), was confirmed in the title in 1488 by an Act of Parliament. However, according to historian Roland Saint-Clair, this Act was only a recognition of the Barony of St. Clair existing in
234-472: The following table of the Peerage of Scotland as it currently stands, each peer's highest ranking title in the other peerages (if any) are also listed. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics . St John%27s Town of Dalry St John's Town of Dalry ( Scottish Gaelic : Clachan Eòin ), usually referred to simply as Dalry ( /dæl'raɪ/ / 'dal-RYE'),
252-511: The person of his ancestor, Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and did not constitute a new creation. Bernard Burke , in his a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire , agrees with Roland Saint-Clair and says that Henry Sinclair (died 1513) and William Sinclair (died 1570) were "in reality" the fourth and fifth Lords Sinclair respectively. According to 18th century herald, Alexander Nisbet ,
270-562: The sixteenth Lord, and great-great-grandson the seventeenth Lord , all sat in the House of Lords as Scottish representative peer . As of 2016, the title is held by the latter's only son, the eighteenth Lord, who succeeded on his father's death in 2004. The University College London research project The Legacies of British Slave-ownership and the records of the Slave Compensation Commission , highlights that Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair owned 666 slaves at
288-524: The time of abolition in 1833. He gained £5,411 as compensation from the government of the United Kingdom and Great Britain, (approximately £458,000 in 2015). The family house is Knocknalling House, near St John's Town of Dalry , Kirkcudbrightshire. dormant 1762–1782 The heir apparent is the present holder's son Harry Murray Kennedy St. Clair, Master of Sinclair (b. 2007). Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic : Moraireachd na h-Alba ; Scots : Peerage o Scotland )
306-399: Was not allowed to assume the title. He died childless in 1750 when the claim to the title passed to his younger brother General James St Clair (d. 1762). However, he never assumed the title. On his death the lordship became dormant. It was to remain so until it was successfully claimed by Charles Sinclair, 13th Lord Sinclair , who was confirmed in the title by the House of Lords in 1782. He
324-399: Was the son of Andrew St Clair, de jure 12th Lord Sinclair, grandson of Charles Sinclair, de jure 11th Lord Sinclair (d. 1755) and great-grandson of the aforementioned Matthew St Clair, uncle of the tenth Lord. He thereby became the first holder of the title without descent from the original Lords. The thirteenth Lord, his son the fourteenth Lord , grandson the fifteenth Lord, great-grandson
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