| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
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| 1874 |
01-Aug |
Last
Royal Mail Stagecoach journey |
From
Berriedale to Wick. The last linkof the once great coaching
link from London to Thurso and Wick. Replaced by the 'car of
civilisation'. |
The
County of Caithness (Horne) |
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| 1880 |
24-Oct |
James,
15th Lord Sinclair |
Dies,
succeeded by his son Charles |
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
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| 1880 |
16-Dec |
Edward
Burrowes Sinclair |
of
Dublin, Knighted in recognition of his public services in
training soldiers wives as nurses |
Knights
of England (Shaw) |
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| 1881 |
28-Mar |
James
14th Earl dies in New York |
Buried
at Chapel Royal, Holyrood. Succeeded by son George 15th
Earl,who was a lieutenant-colonel of the Caithness Artillery
Volunteers |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1881 |
16-Nov |
Rosslyn
Chapel |
Apse
added by Francis 4th Earl of Rosslyn with organ loft above |
Rosslyn
Chapel (The Earl of Rosslyn) |
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1881-89 |
|
George
15th Earl of Caithness |
Lord
Lieutenant of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1883 |
04-Oct |
William
Alexander Smith |
Founded
the Boys Brigade in Glasgow, but having been born in Thurso. |
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| 1885 |
|
Isabells
McHutcheson Sinclair |
Wrote
'Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands' still the 'bible'
of Hawaiian flowers today |
American
National Biography |
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| 1886
- 90 |
|
Francis
4th Earl of Rosslyn |
Capt of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1889 |
25-May |
George
15th Earl dies |
Left
the family estates out of the family. Succeeded by his cousin
James 16th Earl. Barony of Barrogill becomes extinct |
Scots
Peerage (Paul)
Debretts |
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| 1890 |
06-Sep |
Francis
4th Earl of Rosslyn |
Dies
succeeded by son James |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1891 |
20-Jan |
James
16th Earl dies |
Succeeded
by son John 17th Earl |
Complete
Peerage |
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| 1904 |
19-Dec |
William
Japp Sinclair |
Knighted
for work in Obstetrics and Gyaecology at Victoria University,
Manchester |
Knights
of England (Shaw) |
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| 1905-12 |
|
John
Sinclair |
Secretary
for Scotland (to be Baron Pentland) |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1909 |
15-Feb |
John
Sinclair |
Created
Baron Pentland |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1914 |
30-May |
John
17th Earl dies |
Succeeded
by cousin Norman |
Debretts |
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