| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 1674 |
10-Nov |
John
9th Lord Sinclair |
Dies.
Title in dispute as only one daughter Catherine |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1676 |
May |
George
6th Earl dies |
At
Thurso Castle. |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1677 |
01-Jun |
Sir
Henry St, Clair of Herdmanston (Grandson of John 9th Lord) |
Created
10th Lord Sinclair. Obtained through Mother's line |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1677 |
28-Jun |
Sir
John Campbell of Glenorchy |
Created
Earl of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1680 |
13-Jul |
Battle
of Altimarlach |
George
Sinclair of Keiss loses last clan battle in Scotland to Sir
John Campbell of Glenorchy |
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| 1680 |
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Andrew
Sinclair of Sema and Brobster |
Having
emigrated to Sweden in 1635 made Count Sinclair of Lambahof |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
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| 1681 |
15-Jul |
George
Sinclair of Keiss |
Declared
7th Earl of Caithness by the Privy Council. A cousin of 6th
Earl. Sat in Parliament |
Complete
Peerage
Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1681 |
13-Aug |
Sir
John Cambell of Glenorchy |
Created
Earl of Breadalbane and Holland in compensation for loss of
Earldom of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1688 |
11-Dec |
Rosslyn
Chapel |
Damaged
by a mob for being too Popish and idolatrous |
Rosslyn
Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
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| 1689 |
|
Henry
10th Lord Sinclair |
Only
Peer to oppose the settling of the Crown on William and Mary |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1689 |
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Sir
Robert Sinclair of Stevenson |
Created
Lord Stevenson and a lord of session |
Dictionary
of National Biography |
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| 1698 |
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George
7th Earl dies |
Succeeded
by John Sinclair of Murchill (Murkle) 8th Earl, his cousin |
Complete
Peerage
Scots Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1704 |
25-Jul |
John
8th Earl |
Sits
in Parliament |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1704 |
12-Oct |
James
Sinclair of Dunbeath |
Created
Baronet of Nova Scotia |
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| 1705 |
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John
8th Earl dies |
Succeeded
by Alexander 9th Earl, his son. |
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Peerage |
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| 1708 |
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Union
of Parliaments |
Scotland's
Parliament suspended The Earl of Caithness against it and was
the last surviving peer of the Scottish Parliament. Sir Robert
Sinclair of Longformacus, John Sinclair of Stemster and John
Sinclair (younger) of Stevenson also voted against. |
The
Acts of Parliament of Scotland (HoL) Library |
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| 1708 |
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John,
Master of Sinclair (Son of Henry Lord Sinclair) |
Kills
Ensign Schaw and Captain Alexander Schaw in duels. Exiled to
Prussia and later Pardoned by Queen Anne |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1715 |
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John
Master of Sinclair |
Captures
vessel with 420 stand of arms bound for the Earl of Sutherland
for the Jacobites |
Dictionary
of National Biography |
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| 1715 |
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Battle
of Sheriffmuir |
David
Sinclair of Brabsterdorran fights for Jacobite cause, as did
John, Master of Sinclair who fled to Orkney and then to Europe |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1715 |
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John,
Master of Sinclair |
Attainted
and never assumed the title. |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1723 |
Mar |
Henry
10th Lord Sinclair |
Dies.
No successor due to attainder. |
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Peerage (Paul) |
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