Clan Sinclair (Scottish Gaelic: Clann na Ceàrda [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ nə ˈkʲaːrˠt̪ə]) is a Highland Scottish clan which holds the lands of Caithness, the Orkney...
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The Clan Sinclair Trust is a Scottish trust which was formed with the main objective of rescuing and preserving Castle Sinclair Girnigoe and of developing...
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action. In 1672, a feud took place between the Clan Campbell and Clan Sinclair. Debt had forced George Sinclair, 6th Earl of Caithness to resign his titles...
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Canisbay, Co. Caithness, and chief of Clan Sinclair. He is the Chief Executive of the Clan Sinclair Trust. Sinclair was educated at Blairmore School, Aberdeenshire...
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seats of Clan Sinclair. It comprises the ruins of two castles: the 15th-century Castle Girnigoe; and the early 17th-century Castle Sinclair. They are...
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The Scoto-Norman surname Sinclair comes from the Clan Sinclair, whose progenitors moved to Scotland and were given the land of Roslin, Midlothian by the...
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II in 1371. The habitual enemies of Clan Sutherland were the Clan Sinclair of Caithness and the Clan Mackay and Clan McLeod to the west of Sutherland. A...
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William Sinclair (1410–1480), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), last Earl (Jarl) of Orkney (1434–1470 de facto, –1472 de jure), 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th...
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the Clan Sutherland and then by the Clan Mackay from 1499 onwards. Dounreay Castle near Thurso, Caithness was originally held by the Clan Sinclair but...
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marriage to the Clan Sinclair in the seventeenth century. Nisbet, Alexander (1816). A System of Heraldry. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Blackwood. p. 315. Clan Swinton Profile...
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John Sinclair (died 1705) was a Scottish nobleman, 8th Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. John...
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1707, including clan conflicts, civil wars, and rebellions. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom. Clan conflict - 16 Scottish...
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Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin (c. 1345 – c. 1400) was a Scottish noblesse. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney (which refers to Norðreyjar...
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Clan Gunn (Scottish Gaelic: Na Guinnich) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern Scotland, including Caithness, Sutherland and...
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George Sinclair (died 1582) was a Scottish nobleman, the 4th Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands...
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Graham, Clan Fraser, Clan Sinclair, the Cheynes, Mowats, Lochores, Clan Maxwell and Clan Hay. The long-standing authority of the Clan Comyn (Cumming) was...
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George Sinclair (died 1676) was a Scottish nobleman, 6th Earl of Caithness, and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands....
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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...
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George Sinclair (died 1643) was a Scottish nobleman, the 5th Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan based in northern Scotland...
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Alexander Sinclair, 9th Earl of Caithness (died 1765) was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Highland Scottish clan in...
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Clan MacLeod (/məˈklaʊd/ mə-KLOWD; Scottish Gaelic: Clann Mhic Leòid [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ vĩçkʲ ˈʎɔːtʲ]) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of...
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George Sinclair, previously of Keiss, died 1698, was a Scottish nobleman, 7th Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the...
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Earl of Caithness (redirect from Alexander Sinclair, Lord Berriedale)
1452) William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness (died 1484) (resigned 1476) William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness (died 1513) John Sinclair, 3rd Earl of...
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as Archie Sinclair, was a Scottish politician and leader of the Liberal Party. Sinclair was born in 1890 in Caithness, Scotland. Sinclair was the son...
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list of people with this surname Clan Sinclair, Scottish family Lord Sinclair, a title in the Peerage of Scotland Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), Nobel Prize–winning...
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Rosslyn Chapel (category Clan Sinclair)
portal Castle of Mey Clan Sinclair Earl of Caithness List of Category A listed buildings in Midlothian Sinclair (surname) Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle Roslin...
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William Sinclair (1459 – 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman, the 2nd Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish...
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Castle of Old Wick (category Clan Sinclair)
servants were besieged and attacked by the John Sinclair, Master of Caithness in July 1569. It came to the Sinclair family in 1644, before passing to John Campbell...
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John Thurso (redirect from John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso)
grandfather, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air during that battle. Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team Clan Sinclair Under the House of Lords...
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British Army officer during World War II and was also chief of Clan Sinclair. Sinclair joined the Gordon Highlanders and rose to the rank of Brigadier...
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