| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| 1964 |
03-Apr |
Major
General Sir William Sinclair-Bugess |
Dies.
The most decorated and longest serving head of the New Zealand
Army |
New
Zealand Biography |
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| 1965 |
08-May |
Roderick
19th Earl dies |
Succeeded
by his son Malcolm 20th Earl |
Debretts |
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| 1968 |
25-Nov |
Upton
Sinclair |
Dies.
A rebellious literary and political voice in the USA |
American
National Biography |
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| 1970 |
|
Susan
Cunliffe Lister (Nee Sinclair) |
Created
Baroness Masham of Ilton (Life Peer) |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
| 1970 |
15-Jun |
Archibald
1st Viscount Thurso |
Dies.
Succeeded by son Robin |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1973-95 |
|
Robin
2nd Viscount Thurso |
Lord
Lieutenant of Caithness |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1977 |
|
Peter
7th Earl of Rosslyn |
Succeeds
father. |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1984 |
|
Henry
2nd Baron Pentland |
Dies.
No successor |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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1984-94 |
|
Malcolm |
Government
Minister under Mrs Margaret Thatcher (later
Baroness Thatcher) and then John Major |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1984 |
|
Henry
2nd and last Baron Pentland dies. |
|
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1985 |
|
John
3rd Baron Sinclair of Cleeve |
Succeeds
father. |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1990 |
|
Malcolm |
Created
a Privy Counsellor |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
| 1990 |
|
Patrick
Sinclair |
Inherits
Baronetage of Dunbeath |
|
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| 1995 |
|
John
3rd Viscount Thurso |
Succeeds
his father |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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| 1997 |
|
Veronica
Linklater (gd 1st Viscount Thurso) |
Created
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone (Life Peer) |
Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage |
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|
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| 1999 |
Mar |
Clan
Sinclair Trust |
formed |
|
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| 1999 |
05-Nov |
Malcolm
20th Earl and Peter 7th Earl of Rosslyn |
Elected
Representative Hereditary Peers. John 3rd Viscount does not
stand in election. |
House
of Lords Official Report |
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| 2000 |
|
The
Kirkwall Scroll |
Radiocarbon
dating proves how the Templars joined the Masons through the
Sinclairs in Orkney in the 15th Century |
Andrew
Sinclair |
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| 2000 |
25
Jul - 3 Aug |
First
International Sinclair Gathering in UK |
Held
in London, Edinburgh, Rosslyn and Caithness |
The
Earl of Caithness |
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MC
27/03/02 |
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