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115:. In 1677, he obtained a new charter of the peerage confirming him in the title and with remainders respectively to his brother Henry Sinclair and his father's brothers Robert St Clair, George St Clair and Matthew St Clair, and failing them to his own heirs male whatsoever. However, his eldest son and heir John Sinclair, Master of Sinclair, was involved in the
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11th Lord
Sinclair (d. 1755) and great-grandson of the aforementioned Matthew St Clair, uncle of the tenth Lord. He thereby became the first holder of the title without descent from the original Lords. The thirteenth Lord, his son the
170:, highlights that Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair owned 666 slaves at the time of abolition in 1833. He gained £5,411 as compensation from the government of the United Kingdom and Great Britain, (approximately £458,000 in 2015).
91:(died 1513), was confirmed in the title in 1488 by an Act of Parliament. However, according to historian Roland Saint-Clair, this Act was only a recognition of the Barony of St. Clair existing in the person of his ancestor,
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On the death of the tenth Lord, the male line failed. He was succeeded by his grandson, Henry, the eleventh Lord, the son of
Catherine Sinclair, Mistress of Sinclair, daughter of the tenth Lord, and her husband
103:, agrees with Roland Saint-Clair and says that Henry Sinclair (died 1513) and William Sinclair (died 1570) were "in reality" the fourth and fifth Lords Sinclair respectively. According to 18th century herald,
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126:(d. 1762). However, he never assumed the title. On his death the lordship became dormant. It was to remain so until it was successfully claimed by
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The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the Sea-kings of Orkney and their
Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair
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Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair
270:). It is not known if the Sinclair Lords Herdmanston share a paternal ancestor with the Lords Sinclair who are descended from the
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William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and 1st Earl of Caithness
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70:William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair
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262:, and her husband
41:James Balfour Paul
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