CAITHNESS THE
20TH EARL OF CAITHNESS , Lord BERRIEDALE,
a Baronet and Chief of the Name and Arms of Sinclair (Sir
Malcolm Ian Sinclair, Bt, PC (1990)) [The Rt Hon The Earl of Caithness PC,
House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW]; born 3 Nov 1948; succeeded f
1965, elected Ho Lds 1999; educated Marlborough and RAC Cirencester;
Ld-in-Waiting 1984–85, Parly U-Sec Tport 1985–86, Min State: Home Off 1986–88,
Environment 1988–89, Treasury 1989–90 (also Paymaster Gen), FCO 1990–92, Tport
1992–94; estate agent 1995– (formerly with Savill's 1972–78 and Brown and
Mumford 1978–80); FRICS, also property consultant;; married 9 Jan 1975
Diana Caroline (died by her own hand 8 Jan 1994), only daughter of Maj
Richard Lovel Coke, DSO, MC, DL, Scots Gds, of Weasenham Hall, King's Lynn,
Norfolk (see LEICESTER, E), and has: 1a +ALEXANDER JAMES RICHARD, Lord Berriedale;
born 26 March 1981; educated St David's College Llandudno 1a •Iona Alexandra; born 18 Feb 1978 Caithness,
Earldom of: Around the close of the first millennium the territory in the
northernmost part of Scotland over which the Earls of Caithness later held sway
was frequently divided in two, each part being in the possession of different
Norse Jarls or Earls of Orkney, though each Jarl (or Earl) seems to have been a
member of the same extended family. The Earldom (as it came to be called) of
Orkney and that of Caithness differed to a certain extent in that the former
was held of the Kings of Norway while the latter was later held of the Kings of
Scots. This meant that different customs were observed in each territory,
specifically in the case of the Earldoms that the Orkney one was held jointly
while the SIGURD
II, JARL OF ORKNEY; married a daughter of MALCOLM II KING OF SCOTS
(1005–34) and died 1014, leaving: THORFINN
II (‘The Black'), JARL OF ORKNEY and 1st EARL OF (the entire territory of)
CAITHNESS, so created 1014 by his grandfather MALCOLM II; born c 1009;
married by 1038 Ingebiorg (married 2nd as his 1st wife MALCOLM
III KING OF SCOTS), daughter of Finn Arnasson, Jarl of Halland, by Bergliot, n
of HARALD III HARDRADI OF NORWAY, and died c 1056, leaving: 1a PAUL, JARL OF ORKNEY and apparently (Jt) EARL
OF CAITHNESS; married –, daughter of Hakon Ivarsson (ggs through his
grandmother of JARL HAKON THE GREAT, who ruled 1b HA(A)KO(N), Jt EARL OF ORKNEY and apparently
Jt EARL OF CAITHNESS till his cousin MAGNUS's death sp, when he became
sole EARL; married 1st – and had: 1c PAUL, Jt JARL OF ORKNEY; succeeded bro
as sole EARL OF CAITHNESS but resigned the latter position to his n (see below) 1b (cont.) HA(A)KO(N) married 2nd Helga,
daughter of Moddan of Dale in 2c HARALD I Slettmali (‘The
Smooth-Spoken'), Jt JARL OF ORKNEY and apparently sole EARL OF CAITHNESS; had: 1d ERLEND Ugni; Jt EARL OF 1c Ingibiorg; married as his 2nd wife
OLAF BITLING, KING OF (the Isle of) MAN and had issue 2c MARGARET; married 1st c 1133,
apparently as his 2nd wife, MADACH, EARL OF ATHOLL (see STRABOLGI, B), s
of DUNCAN I KING OF SCOTS (1034–40) and brother of MALCOLM III (1058–93), and
had a 2nd son: 1d HARALD, Jt JARL OF ORKNEY with his cousin
ROGNVALD (see below) and perhaps Jt EARL OF CAITHNESS too; born 1130;
killed his cousin HARALD Ugni 1198 and so became sole EARL OF
CAITHNESS; married 1st Afreka, sister of Duncan Earl of Fife; married
2nd Gormlath/Hvarflod, daughter of Malcolm MacHeth, 1st Earl of Ross,
supposedly himself s of Angus Earl of Moray (see MORAY, E, preliminary
remarks), and had (presumably by her), with an eldest son (died young): 1e DAVID, JARL OF ORKNEY and EARL OF CAITHNESS; died
1214 2e JOHN, JARL OF ORKNEY and EARL OF CAITHNESS; dspm
1231, murdered by his servants in revenge for his supposed implication in
the murder of the Bp of Caithness, for which latter unlawful killing his
territory was confiscated by ALEXANDER II OF SCOTS though restored on JOHN's
payment of a huge fine; possibly father of: 1f JOAN; married FRESKIN, Lord of Duffus
and apparently Jt EARL OF CAITHNESS in right of his w; died by 1269,
leaving by her: 1g MARY; married Sir REYNALD CHEYNE,
apparently EARL OF CAITHNESS in the late 13th-early 14th century in right of
his wife 2g Christian; married William of Fedrett 2c (cont.) MARGARET allegedly married 2nd
Erlend Ugni, Jarl of Orkney, presumably a different person from her
great-uncle mentioned below since quite apart from their consanguinity he is
said to have been killed 1156 2a ERLEND, JARL OF ORKNEY and apparently (Jt) EARL
OF CAITHNESS; had: 1b St MAGNUS, Jt EARL OF ORKNEY and apparently Jt
EARL OF CAITHNESS; died without issue 1117 1b GUNHILD; married Kol, a Norseman, and
had: 1c KALI later renamed ROGNVALD by the KING OF
NORWAY, who also made him Jt EARL OF ORKNEY; made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem;
presumably on his return, and certainly following his cousin ERLEND UGNI's
death, was made (or remade) EARL OF CAITHNESS; dspm 1158, leaving an
only dau: 1d INGIGERD; married 1156 ERIK Stagbrellr
and had, with two other sons and a daughter (Ragnild, married Gunni
Andrearson, progenitor of the GUNNs OF THAT ILK, qv): 1e HARALD Ugni, EARL OF CAITHNESS; killed
1198 by his cousin HARALD (see above) 1e A dau; married as his 2nd wife
Gilibride Earl of Angus (see AIRLIE, E), who was by her f, grandfather
or even great-grandfather of: 1f MAGNUS or MALCOLM, JARL OF ORKNEY and Jt EARL
OF CAITHNESS, also possibly EARL OF ANGUS; living as EARL of both the latter
entities 1232; died 1239 and seems to have been father of : 1g MALCOLM, JARL OF ORKNEY and EARL OF CAITHNESS;
had: 1h JOHN, JARL OF ORKNEY and EARL OF CAITHNESS;
swore fealty to EDWARD I of England 1297; died by 28 Oct 1312 (see also
(FRASER OF) LOVAT, L) Two
other descendants of ERLEND, 2nd son of THORFINN, 1st EARL OF CAITHNESS, were
(a) MAGNUS, JARL OF ORKNEY and EARL OF CAITHNESS, described as the last of his
line, who married Katharine – and died 6 April 1320x1329 and (b): MALISE
(s of another Malise, Earl of Strathearn, who died by 1320, and his wife
Agnes (died in or after 1311), through the latter of whom the son may
have succeeded to the Caithness Earldom), self-styled in 1334 EARL OF
THE EARLDOMS OF STRATHERN (sic), CAITHNESS and ORKNEY; born c 1290;
seems to have enjoyed revenues of a quarter of the Earldom of Caithness 1331; married
1st by 1320 Mary –; married 2nd by 1334 Maud, daughter of Hugh 4th
Earl of Ross, by Maud, sister of ROBERT I OF SCOTS, and dspm 1344x1350,
having forfeited his honours 1332 and leaving, apparently by his 1st w: 1a Maud; mother of: 1b Alexander de la Arde; born by 1357;
resigned his right to the Earldom of Caithness 1375 to ROBERT II OF SCOTS, who created
David Stewart, his younger son, EARL OF CAITHNESS by Nov 1375, the title
remaining with first David's daughter then brother Walter (apart from a brief
period 1430–31 when Walter resigned it in favour of his son Alan) till 1437,
when it was forfeited by Walter for treason; the title was subsequently
conferred 1452 on George Crichton, a favourite of JAMES II, but resigned by him
shortly afterwards 2a Eupheme of Strathern; living 1364 3a Agnes; married by 1353 Erngils, made
Earl of Orkney 1353 by KING OF NORWAY, but in right of his (Erngils's) w; the
Earldom of Orkney was forfeited 1375 MALISE
had by his 2nd w: 4a Isabel; decreed heir to Earldom of Caithness by
her f, although the title was already forfeited, in the event of his having no
heirs male of the body; married Sir William St Clair or Sinclair of
Roslin (see below) Lineage
(of Sinclair): ROBERT de Saint Clair, in Normandy; married Eleanor,
daughter of the Count of Dreux and thus cousin of Yolande de Dreux, 2nd wife of
ALEXANDER III OF SCOTS, and had a 2nd son: Sir
WILLIAM SINCLAIR OF ROSLIN, of the territorial Barony of which he was granted a
charter by ALEXANDER II 14 Sept 1280 on the resignation of Henry de Roskelyn
(probably Sir WILLIAM's father-in-law); opposed EDWARD I's invasion of Scotland
1296–99; married Amicia, (probably) daughter of Henry de Roskelyn, and died
(probably as a prisoner Tower London), leaving: Sir
HENRY SINCLAIR OF ROSLIN; supported ROBERT I; signatory to the Scottish Barons'
letter to the Pope 1320; married Alice de Fenton and died by
1335/6, having had, with a younger son (John, k in the lifetime of the
father Spain 25 Aug 1330) and either a daughter or grand-daughter (if the
latter, by his elder son WILLIAM; see below), viz., Margaret, married
Sir John St Clair of Herdmanston and had issue, who over three centuries
later intermarried with the daughter of the 9th Lord Sinclair (qv), plus
perhaps another daughter (may have married Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow;
see ARGYLL, D): Sir
WILLIAM SINCLAIR OF ROSLIN YR; k in the lifetime of the father with his
brother 25 Aug 1330 on their way to the East with the heart of ROBERT I,
leaving: Sir
WILLIAM SINCLAIR OF ROSLIN; married Isabel (see above),
heiress-designate of the Earldom of Caithness, and died c 1358, having
had: HENRY
SINCLAIR, 1st EARL OF ORKNEY, so created 2 Aug 1379 by HAAKON KING OF
NORWAY at Marstrand in that Kingdom; married Jean, daughter of Sir
William Halyburton of Dirletoun, and was killed in an attack on Orkney,
possibly by English seamen, 1404, leaving an eldest son: HENRY
SINCLAIR, 2nd EARL OF ORKNEY (under the reinvestiture of 1379); Guardian to
Prince James, afterwards JAMES I OF SCOTS; married by 17 Nov 1407 Egidia
(married 2nd Sir Alexander Stewart, 3rd son of 2nd Duke of Albany of the
1398 cr; see MORAY, E), daughter and heiress of Sir William
Douglas of Nithsdale by his wife Egidia, daughter of ROBERT II, and died c 1
Feb 1420/1, having had, with a daughter (Beatrix, married 7th Earl of
Douglas; see QUEENSBERRY, M): WILLIAM
SINCLAIR, 1st Earl of Caithness (S), so created 28 Aug 1455 in
settlement of a claim to the Lordship of Nithsdale through his mother, as also
earlier 1449 LORD ST CLAIR (both S), and 3rd EARL OF ORKNEY (invested therein
Norway 1434); resigned the Earldom to JAMES III under duress, Orkney having
been part of the latter's wife's dowry, receiving in exchange Ravenscraig
Castle, Fife, and its lands 16 Sept 1470; fndr Collegiate Ch of Rosslyn,
Midlothian, 1453; High Chllr Scotland 1454–58; Amb England 1471–73; resigned 2
Dec 1476 Earldom of Caithness in favour of his 3rd son, WILLIAM (reserving
liferent), and resigned Rosslyn estate in favour of his second son, Oliver; married
1st Elizabeth (died c 1451), daughter of 4th Earl of Douglas of the
Jan 1357/8 created (see QUEENSBERRY, M) and widow of (a) John
Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan of the c 1382 created (see MORAY,
E), and (b) Sir Thomas Stewart (see MAR, E), and died by 21 May
1480, having had, with a daughter (Katherine, married 1469 (divorce due
consanguinity March 1478) Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, 2nd son of JAMES
II): 1a WILLIAM SINCLAIR, 2nd LORD ST CLAIR; eldest son
but deprived of succession to the Earldom of Caithness and territorial Barony
of Rosslyn, succeeded to Lordship of Sinclair, Ravenscraig Castle, lands
in Dysart, etc and remained heir of line of the Earls of Orkney and name of
Sinclair; married c 29 April 1458 Christian, daughter of 1st Earl of
Rothes (qv), with whom he got a charter of lands of Newburgh 1459, and died
1487, having been ajudged 1482 incapable of managing his own affrs for 16
years past, leaving an eldest son: 1b HENRY SINCLAIR, 3rd LORD ST CLAIR, decreed by
Scots Parliament to be heir of f and grandfather and ‘Cheiff of that blude' 26
Jan 1488/9; granted by charter 13–year lease (renewed for 19 years 1501) of
Orkney and Shetland, the Justiciarship thereof and Kirkwall Castle 1489; Master
of Artillery March 1510/1, Capt ship Great Michael 1512; married by
4 Dec 1488 Margaret, sister of 1st Earl of Bothwell (see BUCHAN-HEPBURN,
Bt), and was killed in action Flodden (Scots rout by English) 9 Sept
1513, leaving, with three daughters (Katherine, married as his 1st wife
Sir David Wemyss of Wemyss (see WEMYSS and MARCH, E); Helen, married 4th
Lord Ogilvy of Airlie (see AIRLIE, E); Jean, married Alexander
Lindsay, Master of Crawford; see CRAWFORD and BALCARRES, E): 1c WILLIAM SINCLAIR, 4th LORD ST CLAIR; married
1st just after 17 April 1524 Elizabeth (died after 24 Nov 1549),
daughter of 2rd Earl Marischal (see KINTORE, E) and widow of Colin,
Master of Oliphant; married 2nd Mariota Bruce and died after 17
July 1570, leaving by his 1st wife (with by his 2nd wife a younger son (Magnus,
of Kininmonth)): 1d HENRY SINCLAIR, 5th LORD ST CLAIR, PC (S by
late 1573); born 1527 or 1528; married 1st c June 1547
Janet (died 8 April 1569), daughter of 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (see
LINDSAY, E), and had, with other issue: 1e James, Master of Sinclair, PC (S by 26
Feb 1592/3); born c 1557; married 1577 Isabel, daughter of 5th
Earl of Rothes (qv), and died in the lifetime of the father 9 May
1593, leaving: 1f HENRY SINCLAIR, 6th LORD ST CLAIR; born March
1581; died unmarried 1602 2f JAMES SINLAIR, 7th LORD ST CLAIR; died unmarried
1607 3f PATRICK SINCLAIR, 8th LORD ST CLAIR;
imprisoned Edinburgh Castle Dec 1614 for debt and other offences; married Margaret,
daughter of Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, and died 1615
or 1617, leaving an eldest son: 1g JOHN SINCLAIR, 9th LORD ST CLAIR, PC (S 1641,
Feb 1660/1 and 1674); baptised 29 Oct 1610; originally a Covenanter
(opposed to CHARLES I's scheme of Church govt in Scotland involving bishops)
but supported CHARLES I 1646 and joined CHARLES II's expedn to England, where
captured by CROMWELL's forces Battle of Worcester 3 Sept 1651 and held prisoner
Windsor Castle to 1660; married c July 1651 Lady Mary Wemyss, daughter
of 1st Earl of Wemyss (see WEMYSS and MARCH, E), and died without
surviving male issue 10 Nov 1674, having resigned his estates in favour of
his only surviving daughter 1659 but without resignation of his peerage (being
unable to do so under RICHARD CROMWELL), having had: 1h CATHERINE Sinclair, Mistress of St Clair;
married 15 April 1659 her remote cousin John ST CLAIR OF HERDMANSTON,
Haddingtonshire (died July 1666), and died in the lifetime of the
father 13 July 1666, leaving with a 2nd son (John, born 1663, died
without issue after 1687), and a daughter (Mary, married George
Wilson, Edinburgh merchant): 1i HENRY ST CLAIR, 1st/10th LORD ST CLAIR (S);
had a 2nd created by charter under the Great Seal 1 June 1677 which had
the effect of creating a 2nd peerage, though with precedence of the earlier
title (which had been created with destination to heirs whatsoever);
this new peerage was destined, in default of heirs male of the grantee's body
(an eventuality that came to pass), to his brother John and heirs male of his
body, in default of which to the grantee's f's bros Robert, George and Matthew
successively and the heirs male of their bodies, in default of which to the
heirs male whatsoever of the grantee; baptised 3 June 1660; only peer to
object to the Scottish Parl settling the Crown on WILLIAM III and MARY 1689
following the flight of JAMES II; married 30 Dec 1680 Barbara, eldest
daughter of Sir James Cockburn of that Ilk, 1st Bt (qv), and was buried
14 March 1722/3, having had (with a daughter Ann, died unm): 1j JOHN ST CLAIR, Master of Sinclair,
11th LORD ST CLAIR (but for the attainder); baptised 5 Dec 1683; MP
(Tory) Dysart Burghs 1708 (election pronounced invalid since he eldest son of a
peer), Capt-Lt Preston's Regt 1708 (obliged to resign Oct 1708 following his
killing of two bros called Schaw in affrays which were called duels, although
no seconds were present), entered service of Prussia till granted roy pardon
for those deaths; Jacobite 1715, fought Battle of Sheriffmuir 13 Nov 1715,
hence attainted and barred from succession to peerage, although pardoned by
Letters Patent 1723 with further relief by Private Act of Parl 1736; author: Memoirs
of the Rebellion; married 1st c Aug 1733 Margaret (died
without surviving issue 22 July 1747), daughter of 5th Earl of Galloway (qv)
and widow of 5th Earl of Southesk (see FIFE, D); married 2nd 24
April 1750, as her 1st husband, Amelia, sister of 3rd Duke of Atholl (qv),
and died without issue 2 Nov 1750 2j JAMES ST CLAIR, 12th LORD ST CLAIR (but for
the attainder); born c 1690; Ensign 1st Bn Roy Regt 1694, 1708, Capt 3rd
Foot Gds 1714, 2nd Maj 1722, 1st Maj and Brevet Col 1723, OC 22nd Foot 1734,
Col Roy Scots 1737–62, Brig-Gen 1739, Maj-Gen 1741, QMG Br Forces Flanders
1745, Lt-Gen 1745, C-in-C expdn which destroyed French fortifications Quiberon
1746, Gen 1761, MP (Whig) Dysart Burghs 1722–34 and 1747–54, Sutherland 1736–47
and Fife 1754–62, envoy Vienna and Turin 1748, Govr Co Cork; bought 1735
Rosslyn Castle and estate from the last heir of Sir Oliver St Clair of Rosslyn (see
below) which, with Ravenscraig and Dysart, he entailed to the heirs male of
his sisters; married Janet (died 1766), youngest daughter of Hon
Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes, 1st Bt (see STAIR, E), and widow of Sir
John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Bt, of the Feb 1679/80 created (see BAIRD
OF SAUGHTON HALL, Bt), and died without issue 30 Nov 1762 3j William, of Skedduay; Maj; died without
legitimate issue May 1762 4j David died unmarried 1712 5j HENRY ST CLAIR, 13th LORD ST CLAIR (but for
the attainder); died without issue Jan 1766 6j Matthew; died without issue April 1747 1j GRIZEL St Clair, heiress of line in her
issue; married John PATERSON OF PRESTONHALL, Fife, eldest son of Archbp
Glasgow, and died 22 Aug 1737, having had (with two daughters, died unm): 1k JAMES PATERSON OF PRESTONHALL later ST CLAIR,
14th LORD ST CLAIR (but for the attainder); Col; heir of entail to the
Ravenscraig, Dysart and Rosslyn estates; died unmarried 14 May 1789,
whereby the entail carried the estates to his kinsman 1st Earl of Rosslyn (qv) 1k MARGARET Paterson, LADY ST CLAIR (but for the
attainder); married 1744 John THOMSON OF CHARLETON, Fife, and had an
only surviving child: 1l GRIZEL MARIA Thomson of Charleton, LADY ST
CLAIR (but for the attainder); married Col John ANSTRUTHER (died 10
Feb 1815), 2nd son of Sir Philip Anstruther of Balcaskie, 2nd Bt (qv),
and died 5 July 1795, having had, with two daughters and three younger
sons (died without issue ): 1m JOHN ANSTRUTHER later ANSTRUTHER-THOMSON (on inheriting
the Charleton estate), 17th LORD ST CLAIR (but for the attainder); born 15
April 1776; married 27 April 1807 Clementina (died 29 Oct 1877),
only daughter of William Adam of Blair Adam, MP, Baron Exchequer, Lord Ch Commr
Jury Court and Ld-Lt Kinross (see 1922 edn ADAM, Bt, of Blair Adam), by
Hon Eleanor Elphinstone, daughter of 10th Lord Elphinstone (qv), and died
10 April 1833, leaving, with other issue: 1n JOHN ANSTRUTHER-THOMSON OF CHARLETON, Fife,
and CARNTYNE, Lanarks, 18th LORD ST CLAIR (but for the attainder), VD, JP and
DL (Fife); born 8 Aug 1818; Offr 9th Lancers and 13th Light Dragoons,
Hon Col Fife and Forfar Imp Yeo; married 1st 25 July 1852 Caroline Maria
Agnes Robina (died 12 Feb 1882) only child of Rev John Hamilton Gray of
Carntyne (see BLG 1833/37), and had: 1o John St Clair; born 4 June 1853; died
unmarried 4 July 1873 2o CHARLES FREDERICK ST CLAIR ANSTRUTHER-THOMSON
later ANSTRUTHER OF CHARLETON, DSO (1900), MVO (1905), DL, 19th LORD ST CLAIR
(but for the attainder); born 6 May 1855; Brevet-Col cmdg 2nd Life Gds
Boer War 1899–1900 (despatches); memb Roy Co Archers, OStJ, Offr Legn Hon, Kt
Cdr Sword Sweden and Isabel la Catolica Spain; married 14 Jan 1882 Agnes
Dorothea (died 7 Feb 1941), 3rd daughter of James Alexander Guthrie of
Craigie, Forfarshire (see BLG 1972), and died 21 Oct 1925, having
had: 1p John Arnold St Clair; born 23 Feb
1888; Lt 3rd Dragoon Gds (Carabiniers), ADC to Govr-Gen Australia 1914; killed
in action c 30 Oct 1914 1p GRIZEL MARGARET St Clair of Charleton, LADY
ST CLAIR (but for the attainder); married 18 April 1911 Baron Knut
BONDE, Counsellor Legn, Swedish Dip Serv, of Gimmersta, Julita, Sweden (died
7 March 1952), s of Baron Carl Carlsson Bonde, of Ericsberg, Sweden, and died
10 May 1970, leaving: 1q •JOHN ANSTRUTHER CARL KNUTSSON BONDE OF
CHARLETON, BARON BONDE (in the Peerage of Sweden), 21st LORD ST CLAIR (but for
the attainder), heir of line of the Earls of Orkney; born Washington,
DC, 28 April 1918; educated Eton and University of Uppsala; Capt Södermanlands
Regt Sweden, Polish Cross of Merit; married 3 June 1944 •Brita
Christina, daughter of Dr Harald Fogelberg, and has: 1r •ST CLAIR KNUT HARALD JÖNS BONDE OF CHARLETON
YR, BARON BONDE (in the Peerage of Sweden), Master of St Clair (but for
the attainder) [Baron St Clair Bonde of Charleton yr, Charleton, Colinsburgh,
Fife KY9 1HG]; educated Eton, U of Uppsala (BA 1973) and Edinburgh U; married
1st 22 May 1971 (divorce 1978) Calla Madeleine, daughter of Prof
Magnus Fries, and has: 1s •Anna Sophia Charlotte; born 24 March
1973 2s •Maria Christina Louise; born 8 Oct 1974 1r (cont.) BARON ST CLAIR BONDE OF CHARLETON YR married
2nd 25 Feb 1980 •Kristina, MD, daughter of Nils Meyer, and by her has: 1s •Carl-Michael Wilhelm St Clair; born 23
June 1981 3s •Josephine Anna-Sophie Marianne; born 7
March 1983 1r •Sophie Margaretha Patricia; born 24
March 1953; married 22 July 1983 (divorce 2000) Dag Laxhammar 2r •Anne Cecilia Maria; born 4 Nov 1955; married
1st 19 March 1980 (divorce 1990) Mark Ramsay; married 2nd 22
Dec 1990 •John Mosseson 1q Anne; born 25 May 1912; died 23
March 1967 2q •Beata Maria; born 26 June 1914; married
26 Feb 1940 Georges Carlier, Belgian Dip Serv, of Brussels, and has issue 3q •Maria Sophia Angelica; born 9 Feb
1921 3o William ANSTRUTHER later ANSTRUTHER-GRAY OF
KILMANY AND CARNTYNE (on inheriting maternal grandfather's estates 1904), JP
Fife, JP and DL Lanarks and Glasgow; born 6 Sept 1859; Lt-Col TAR, Maj
Scottish Horse and RHG (Blues), ADC to Govr S Australia 1880–91; MP St Andrews
1906–10 and 1910–18, CC (Fife), FSA, FRGS; married 26 Jan 1891 Clayre
Jessie, CBE (1934), JP (died 22 Oct 1958), daughter of Andrew Tennant,
of Essenside, Gleneig, S Australia, and died 17 April 1938, leaving: 1p Sir WILLIAM JOHN ST CLAIR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY,
1st and last Bt (UK), so created 4 July 1956, and BARON KILMANY (LP,
UK), of Kilmany, Fife, so created 2 June 1966, MC (1943), PC (1962); born
5 March 1905; educated Eton and Ch Ch Oxford (MA); Ld-Lt Fife (1974,
DL 1953), MP (C) Lanarks N 1931–45 and Berwick and E Lothian 1951–66, PPS to
Sec Overseas Tde 1935, Parly U-Sec Scotland 1935, Fin Sec Treasury 1936 and Sec
State Scotland 1938, Assist PMG May-July 1945, Dep Chm Ways and Means 1959–62,
Chm: Ways and Means and Dep Speaker 1962–64, 1922 Ctee 1964–66, Maj Res Offrs
Coldstream Gds WW II, Crown Nominee Scotland GMC 1952–65, memb Nat Hunt Ctee,
race horse-owner and trainer; married 4 Oct 1934 Monica Helen, OBE
(1946) (died 1985), only child of Geoffrey Lambton (see DURHAM,
E), and died 1985, when his barony expired, leaving: 1q •Diana Mary; born 16 June 1936; married
11 April 1959 •James Charles Macnab of Macnab, JP (qv) 1p Ruth Mary St Clair; died 25 Oct 1916 2p Jean Helen St Clair, CBE (1954); Ch Commr
Girl Guides 1949–56; married 6 Feb 1923 4th Baron Stratheden and
Campbell (qv) and died 9 Aug 1956, leaving issue 4o Arthur St Clair; born 19 Nov 1872; Lt
1st Fife Light Horse Vols; died unmarried 16 Oct 1904 1o Clementina Caroline; died 7 July 1921 2o Rosia Mary; married 1st 20 Dec 1892
Col David Bryce Burn, 18th Hus (died 3 July 1915); married 2nd 11
May 1920 Edward Chapman Clayton, of Cottesmore, Oakham (died 22 Dec
1935), and died 13 Feb 1956 3o Olivia Beatrice Louisa; married 9 Dec
1895 Francis William Blackburne (died 11 July 1921), of Tankardstown,
Slane, Co Meath, and died 17 Nov 1941, leaving issue 1n (cont.) The 18th LORD ST CLAIR (but for the
attainder) married 2nd 17 June 1891 Isabel (died 27 Feb 1918),
2nd daughter of Gen Robert Bruce (bro of 1st Baron Aberdare of Duffryn; qv),
and died 8 Oct 1904, having by her had: 4o Rachel Jean; married 25 June 1923 (divorce
1943) Michael Willoughby Gordon-Cumming, youngest son of Sir William
Gordon-Cumming, 4th Bt (qv), and died without issue 17 Sept 1968 2n William Adam; born 4 Dec 1823; Lt-Col,
Cdr Bodyguard Govr-Gen India, ADC to Sir Charles Napier, Scinde Campaign,
present actions of Meeance and Hyderabad (medal); married 15 Nov 1849
Isabella Eliza (died 11 Oct 1924 aged 93), daughter of Gen James Steel,
and died Calcutta 3 Aug 1865, leaving: 1o Charles James Anstruther; born 15 Dec
1859; Maj 17th Lancers; married 28 July 1894 Olive (died 16 Oct
1935), youngest daughter of Wyndham Slade, of Montys Court, Taunton (see SLADE,
Bt), and died 7 June 1948, having had: 1p William; born 11 Dec 1897; died unmarried
12 April 1940 1p Clementina Susan Adelaide; died unmarried
23 April 1929 2j Catherine; married Sir John Erskine
of Alva, 3rd Bt, and had issue; her grandson Sir John St Clair Erskine, 1st
Earl of Rosslyn (qv), was eventual heir of entail to the Rosslyn and
other estates. 3j Mary; married as his 2nd wife Sir
William Baird of Newbyth, 1st Bt, of the Feb 1679/80 created (see BAIRD
OF SAUGHTON HALL, Bt), and died without issue 23 Oct 1756 4j Elizabeth; married (contract 5 July
1716) 4th Earl of Wemyss (see WEMYSS and MARCH, E) and died 1721,
leaving issue 1f Margaret; married William, Lord
Berriedale (see below) 2e Patrick; ancestor of the ST CLAIRs of
Balgreggie (male line extinct on death of John Sinclair of Balgreggie 1710) 1d (cont.) The 5th LORD ST CLAIR married 2nd
well before 26 March 1588 Elizabeth, daughter of 7th Lord Forbes (qv),
and died 21 Oct 1601, having by her had, with other issue: 3e Laurence; served heir to his mother 1626; died
without issue 1e Elizabeth; married as his 2nd wife
(contract 20 Oct 1597) Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy (see BREADALBANE
AND HOLLAND, E) and died Oct 1654, leaving issue The
1st Earl married 2nd by 15 Nov 1456 Marjory, daughter of
Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, and by her had, with other issue: 2a Oliver (Sir); ancestor of the extinct St CLAIRs
of Rosslyn 3a WILLIAM, 2nd Earl 2a Eleanor; married c 27 April 1475, as his
2nd wife, 1st Earl of Atholl of the 1457 created (see MORAY, E),
and had issue The
1st Earl married 3rd Janet Yeman and died c early 1480,
having also had by one of his ws a daughter (Elizabeth, married Andrew
Master of Rothes; see ROTHES, E) The
1st EARL's 3rd son, WILLIAM
SINCLAIR, 2nd Earl of Caithness; married Mary, daughter of
Sir William Keith of Inverugie, and was killed 9 Sept 1513 at Flodden
(English rout of Scots), leaving: 1a JOHN, 3rd Earl 2a Alexander, of Dunbeath and Stemster; married
Elizabeth Innes, daughter of Alexander Innes 13th of that Ilk (see ROXBURGHE,
D), and had issue (including at least two daughters: Helen, married Donald
Mackay (see REAY, L); Isabel, married Gilbert Gordon of Garty; see
SUTHERLAND, E); also was ancestor of the SINCLAIRs of Dunbeath, apparently
extinct in the male line The
2nd EARL's elder son, JOHN
SINCLAIR, 3rd Earl of Caithness; married by 1527 Elizabeth,
daughter of William Sutherland of Duffus (see DUNBAR OF HEMPRIGGS, Bt),
and was killed Stenness, Orkney, 18 May 1529 in an attempt to recover
the islands there, having had with an elder son (William, died in the
lifetime of the father & sp on or after 14 July 1527): GEORGE
SINCLAIR, 4th Earl of Caithness; born by 14 July 1527; resigned
Earldom, receiving a regrant with remainder to his son and h John and the
latter's male heirs and assigns, failing whom to the (re)grantee himself and
his heirs male whatsoever; Justiciar Caithness 1566; memb jury trial 1567 of
James, Earl of Bothwell, for murdering Earl of Darnley; married Elizabeth
(died by 4 April 1576), daughter of 2nd Earl of Montrose (see MONTROSE,
D), and died 9 Sept 1582, having had, with a 4th s (David) and four
daughters (the 2nd of whom married 1st William Sutherland of Duffus (see
DUNBAR OF HEMPRIGGS, Bt) and 2nd Huistean Dy Mackay (see REAY, L),
while another married 1st 13th Earl of Sutherland (qv) and 2nd
Alexander Innes 16th of that Ilk; see ROXBURGHE, D): 1a John, Master of Caithness; imprisoned
Girnigo Castle by his father 1567–73 following a quarrel; married 10 Dec
1565x16 Jan 1566/7 (divorce 17 July 1575) Jean (married 3rd Archibald
Douglas, Rector of Douglas, and died by 27 July 1599), only daughter of
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell (see BUCHAN-HEPBURN, Bt), and
widow of John Stewart, Lord Darnley (see MORAY, E), and died in the
lifetime of the father in captivity 1573, leaving: 1b GEORGE SINCLAIR, 5th Earl of Caithness; born 1566;
resigned the Earldom but was regranted it 3 April 1592 with remainder to his
eldest son William and the latter's heirs male and assigns whatsoever; married
just after 29 July 1585 Lady Jean Gordon, only daughter of 5th Earl of
Huntly (see HUNTLY, M), and died Feb 1642/3, having had (with
possibly another dau, Isabel, married 2nd Lord Reay, qv): 1c William, Lord Berriedale; married his
cousin Margaret, sister of 6th, 7th and 8th Lords Sinclair (qv), and died
in the lifetime of the father after 27 July 1633, having had: 1d John, Master of Berriedale; had a
charter of regrant of the the Earldom 27 July 1633, with remainder to himself
and the heirs male of his body, failing whom to his father and the latter's
heirs male and assigns whatsoever; married May 1633 x Oct 1634 Jean (married
2nd Alexander, 1st Lord Duffus), younger daughter and coheir of 1st Earl of
Seaforth (see CROMARTIE, E), and died in the lifetime of his grandfather
Sept 1639, having had: 1e GEORGE SINCLAIR, 6th Earl of Caithness; married 22 Sept
1657 Mary (married 2nd 7 April 1678, as his 2nd wife, Sir John Campbell
of Glenurchy, to whom the 6th Earl of Caithness was heavily in debt, so that he granted him
1672 a lien on the lands and title of the Earldom of Caithness which the latter
could take up in six years on his rights to them becoming absolute; Campbell of
Glenurchy accordingly did so and got from CHARLES II on 28 June 1677 a charter
creating him EARL OF CAITHNESS, VISCOUNT OF BREADALBANE and LORD ST CLAIR OF
BERRIEDALE AND GLENURCHY; susbsequently, though he retained the lands, his
right to assume the title was held invalid and he was compensated with the
Earldom of Breadalbane and Holland; qv), daughter of Archibald, Marquess
of Argyll (see ARGYLL, D), and died without issue May 1676 2e James; died young 3e William; died young 2c Francis, of Keiss and Northfield; married Elizabeth,
daughter of 1st Lord Fraser (see SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY, L), and had: 1d GEORGE SINCLAIR, 7th Earl of Caithness, so declared by PC 15
July 1681; died unmarried 1698 1d Jane; married her cousin Sir James
Sinclair of Mey, 3rd Bt (see below) 3c John; Lt-Col Munro's Regt Swedish serv; k
sp Newmarket 1632 1c Elizabeth; married 1621 14th Earl of
Crawford (see CRAWFORD and BALCARRES, E) 2b James, of Murchil, which lands his elder
brother made over to him 19 April 1613; married 1st Elizabeth, daughter
of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, illegitimate s of JAMES V, and had: 1c James (Sir), of Murchil; married 1st
Margaret Dundas (died without issue ); married 2nd Jean (died by
22 Oct 1662), daughter of William Stewart of Burray, brother of 1st Earl of
Galloway (qv), and had, with five daughters: 1d JOHN SINCLAIR, 8th Earl of Caithness; married Jean
Carmichael and died 1705, having had: 1e ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, 9th Earl of Caithness; born c 1684; the
last surviving peer to have sat in the Parl of Scotland before the Union with
the English Parl of 1707; married 15 Feb 1738 Lady Margaret Primrose (died
7 Oct 1785), daughter of 1st Earl of Rosebery (qv), and died 9
Dec 1765, leaving: 1f Dorothea; married 5 June 1766 2nd Earl
Fife (see FIFE, D) and dspm 24 Jan 1809 2e John; a Lord of Session as Lord Murkle; married
Anne (died 21 Oct 1740), daughter of 1st Earl of Cromartie (qv),
and died without issue 5 June 1755 3e Francis, of Forse; married Janet Morrison and died without issue 2 March | ||||||
