Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet
- Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet
Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (8 November 1825 – 30 September 1912) was a Scottish politician and landowner.
Born in Edinburgh in 1825, he was the son of Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Baronet, and Lady Catherine Camilla Tollemache, daughter of William Talmash, Lord Huntingtower. He was a Page of Honour.
He served as a Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.
In 1853 he married Emma Standish, daughter of William Standish, Duxbury Park, Lancashire, and Cocken Hall, Durham. The couple had two son and two daughters. The marriage was dissolved in 1878.
*Clarence Granville Sinclair (3 Apr 1858 - 16 Nov 1895), father of Archibald Sinclair
*George Felix Standish Sinclair JP, (11 Jan 1861 -10 June 1943)
*Amy Camilla Sinclair (d. 27 Feb 1925)
*Nina Mary Adelaide Sinclair (d. 13 Feb 1924) He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1868 and was Member of Parliament for Caithness from 1870-1885. His majority of 13 over the Conservative candidate at the 1874 election is one of the smallest on record. [ [http://www.alba.org.uk/westminster/smallest1832.html Smallest majorities at Westminster ] ] At the 1885 General election, his son Clarence succeeded him as Liberal candidate, but was defeated by Gavin Brown Clark, the Crofters' Party candidate.
He was Vice-Lieutenant for Caithness. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, later Viscount Thurso.
Miscellaneous
Sinclair was the earliest born person to have made a gramophone disc recording. He made titles for Columbia, Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd. and Odeon, all in 1906. [ [http://www.sol.co.uk/c/chrishamilton/DOCUMENTARY78S.HTM A Gallery of Documentary and Speech 78s] ] . He also commissioned a statue of Mary Queen of Scots at 143-144 Fleet Street, London. [ [http://www.ludgatecircus.com/mary_queen_of_scots.htm Statue commissioned by Sinclair] ]
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* [http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/royal/gedx87.html Data on family]
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