| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 1633 |
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Thurso |
Created
a free burgh of barony by Royal Charter of Charles 1 |
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| 1634 |
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Famine
in Caithness |
The
Privy Council give support to 'the people of Catnes and Orkney
in this calamitous tyme of death and famine' |
Extracts
from the Records of the Burgh of Aberdeen |
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| 1636 |
18-Jan |
John
Sinclair of Stevenson |
Created
Baronet of Nova Scotia |
Baronage
of Scotland (Douglas) |
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| 1638 |
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Baptist
Church founded |
The
first Baptist Church in Scotland was at Keiss in Caithness |
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| 1638 |
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John,
Master of Berriedale |
With
Sir James Sinclair of Murkle signed National Covenant |
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| 1639 |
23-Mar |
John
9th Lord Sinclair |
One
of the Covenanting Lords who took the Regalia from Dalkeith to
Edinburgh |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1640/41 |
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John
9th Lord Sinclair |
Garrisons
Aberdeen |
The
Genealogy of the Earls of Sutherland |
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| 1642 |
Feb |
George
5th Earl dies |
Buried
at Hollyrood. Succeeded by George 6th Earl his great grandson |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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1642 |
|
Colonel, Lord
Sinclair (John) |
Together with his
brother Lt. Col. Henry Sinclair takes his regiment of over 1,000
men to Ireland to protect the Scots there against the Irish
Confederates (Catholics) Scots Covenanters and Irish
Confederates |
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| 1644-45 |
|
Sir
John Sinclair of Herdmanston |
MP
for County of Haddington |
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| 1649 |
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Battle
of Carbisdale |
Montrose
defeated for the last time. Flees with Major Sinclair but is
betrayed by McLeod of Assynt, imprisoned in Ardvrach Castle
and late tried and killed. |
Pictorial
History of Scotland (James Taylor) |
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| 1650 |
03-Sep |
Sir
William Sinclair of Rosslyn |
Dies
at battle of Dunbar and was the last Knight to be buried in
full armour below Rosslyn Chapel. General Monk sacks Rosslyn
Castle but the Chapel is spared although used for stabling
horses. Sir John Sinclair of Rosslyn sent to Tynemouth Castle |
Andrew
Sinclair.
Rosslyn Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
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| 1651 |
03-Sep |
John
9th Lord Sinclair |
Captured
by Cromwell at Battle of Worcester fighting for King Charles
II. Imprisoned in the Tower of London and then at Windsor
until 1660. Liberated by General Monck. |
Scots
Peerage (Paul)
Dictionary of National Biography |
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| 1655 |
|
George
Sinclair |
Professor
of Philosophy at Glasgow Universityand one of the first Scots
to study Physics |
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| 1655 |
|
David
Sinclair of Seba and Brobster |
Naturalised
and admitted into the College of Nobles as Baron Sinclair of
Finnekumla |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
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| 1657 |
15-Jul |
George
6th Earl |
Present
when Oliver Cromwell was proclaimed Chief Magistrate of the
three nations in Edinburgh. |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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1653-9 |
|
Oliver
Cromwell |
Stationed
troops in Caithness including ''70 foot and 15 horse' at
Girnigoe |
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1664 |
10-Sep |
Robert Sinclair of Longformacus |
Created a baronet |
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| 1668 |
|
John
Sinkler |
Arrived
as an indentured servant in New Hampshire, USA |
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| 1668 |
05-Nov |
George
6th Earl |
Granted
a remission under the Great Seal for 'the crimes of making war
on his Majesty's lieges, manslaughter, robbery, fire-raising
and general oppression |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1670 |
|
George
Sinclair |
Employed
by Magistrates in Edinburgh to superintend the introduction of
water into the city |
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| 1672 |
|
George
6th Earl |
Granted
a redeemable disposition of his lands and Honours to Sir John
Campbell of Glenorchy |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1674 |
|
Patrick
Sinclair |
First
Sinclair in West Indies |
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