| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 1790-99 |
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Sir
John Sinclair of Ulbster |
Compiled
a 'Statistical Account |
Dictionary
of National Biography |
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of
Scotland' |
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| 1791 |
04-Nov |
Battle
at Wabash River (now Fort Recovery, Ohio, USA) |
Gen
St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territories defeated by
the largest Indian confederation ever assembled. |
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| 1793 |
04-May |
Sir
James Sinclair 7th Baronet of Mey becomes 12th Earl |
Cousin
of 11th Earl |
Debretts |
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| 1794-1823 |
|
James
12th Earl |
Lord
Lieutenant of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1793 |
|
Sir
John Sinclair of Ulbster |
First
President of the Board of Agriculture |
Dictionary
of National Biography |
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| 1794 |
|
Caithness
and Rothesay Fencibles formed |
By
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster |
Dictionary
of National Biography |
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| 1795 |
|
Caithness
Highlanders |
formed |
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| 1789 |
01-Jan |
James
St. Clair-Erskine (to be 2nd Earl of Rosslyn) |
Commander
in Chief of the Mediterranean |
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| 1801 |
21-Apr |
Alexander
Wedderburn St. Clair |
Created
1st Earl of Rosslyn |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1805 |
02-Jan |
Alexander
1st Earl of Rosslyn |
Dies
succeded by nephew James St. Clair-Erskine |
Complete
Peerage |
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1807-18 |
|
James
12th Earl of Caithness |
Representative
Peer of Scotland |
Complete
Peerage |
|
1807-59 |
|
Charles
14th, Lord Sinclair |
Representative
Peer of Scotland |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1810 |
|
Alexander
Bain |
Born
in Watten. Later invented telegraphy |
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1810-12 |
|
James
2nd Earl of Rosslyn |
Grand
Master Mason of Scotland |
Complete
Peerage |
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1811-23 |
|
James
12th Earl of Caithness |
Postmaster
General of Scotland |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1814 |
|
James
2nd Earl of Rosslyn |
Created
a General |
Debretts |
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| 1818 |
|
David
Sinclair |
a
convict is first Sinclair to remain in Australia arrived on
the 'Morley' |
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| 1820 |
20-May |
James
2nd Earl of Rosslyn |
Created
a Knight of the Bath |
Knights
of England (Shaw) |
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| 1823 |
16-Jul |
James
12th Earl dies |
Succeeded
by Alexander 13th Earl, his son |
Complete
Peerage |
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1823-55 |
|
Alexander
13th Earl of Caithness |
Lord
Lieutenant of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
