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  John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born 10 September 1953), known as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman and Liberal Democrat politician.
Archibald Sinclair was the 1st Viscount Thurso and a Liberal Party leader.
John Thurso became the first hereditary peer of the United Kingdom allowed to sit in the Commons without first renouncing his title.
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 John Thurso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born September 10, 1953), known as John Thurso, is a British businessman and Liberal Democrat politician.
His right as a herditary peer to sit in the House of Lords was abolished in 1999, but at the UK general election, 2001 he was elected to the House of Commons and became the first hereditary peer allowed to sit in the Commons without first renouncing his title.
His grandfather, the 1st viscount, was the Liberal Party leader Archibald Sinclair.
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 Ancestors of Ian Archibald Glendinning - Fourth Generation
John was counted in a census in 1881 in Langholm, Dumfries.
John Farquharson DEWAR was born on 2 Jun 1830 in Inveresk with Musselburgh, Midlothian.
John was counted in a census in 1841/1851 in Inveresk, Midlothian.
www.cults.freeserve.co.uk /ancestry/text/pafg04.htm   (393 words)

  
 Viscount Thurso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viscount Thurso, of Ulbster in the County of Caithness, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1952 for the Scottish Liberal politician Sir Archibald Sinclair, 4th Baronet, of Ulbster.
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (1890-1970)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viscount_Thurso   (146 words)

  
 F120
As John failed to appear on 25 Oct 1781, this was taken as a confession of guilt, and the Sheriff discerned against him.
Archibald had been engaged by David Geddess to go to Hudson Bay in the capacity as a taylor in their fleet, and was paid the sum of £4 - 5/- in advance.
Archibald, John and Mary were all married in Kirkwall and the third Alexander died in Kirkwall aged 15.
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 Sir Archibald Henry MacDonald Sinclair (1890-1970)
Sir Archibald Henry MacDonald Sinclair 1st Baronet of Ulbster, Caithness and 1st Viscount Thurso was born in London on 22 October 1890 the only son of Clarence Granville Sinclair and his wife Marbel, daughter of wealthy New York businessman Mahlon Sands.
Archibald Sinclair was educated at Eaton and Sandhurst.
Archibald Sinclair in 1935 was party chairman of the Liberal party.
sinclair.quarterman.org /who/archibaldair.html   (1390 words)

  
 The Castles of the Clan Keith Page
Archibald then made a lengthy speech to his army praising Ramsay and his men as heros but that in all fairness it would be suicidal for them to engage the English in open battle or attempt a diversion as they were totally outnumbered.
Archibald also knighted some of the other squires in the euphoria of victory and the prospect of much gold and silver for Musgrave and the other hostages safe return.
Certainly in 1569 John had clashed with the Oliphants in the village of Wick resulting in him besieging Lord Oliphant in the oblong keep of Old Wick castle for eight days, until Lord Oliphant was obliged to surrender due to lack of food and water as noted in the report sent to the Privy Council.
www.clankeith.org /fhaoilgeal/castles.htm   (5353 words)

  
 John Makhuchone and Family
Hugh was the son of Alexander, Lord of the Isles, Earl of Ross and Justiciar (judge or sheriff) of the Highlands.
Some of John's cousins had made their own attempts to reclaim the Lord of the Isles title and the king was not happy with any of the McDonalds by this point.
John Makhuchone, as he is referred to, in 1494, would have probably been born around 1458 or 59, making him less than 50 years old when he died.
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 ANCIENT MURRAY GENEALOGY
John son of John and ninth Earl of Sutherland, at an early age was taken with his father in the presence of King James IV in 1493 and succeeded in 1508 as ward of the Crown, the Earldom being administered by Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness.
His son John however, obtained in February 1629 the title Earl of Athole, and thus became the first earl of the Murray branch, and the earldom of the Tullibardine was at the same time granted to Sir Patrick.
John, Marquess of Tullibardin, was killed at the battle of Maplaquet in 1709.
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 Turnbull Clan Genealogy Collection - Person Page 735   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
She married John Turnbull, son of Henry Turnbull and Betty Stavert, on 27 December 1826 at Hobkirk Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland; Ref #M20089.
John Scott was a Blacksmith circa 1831 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
     John Emanuel Scott is the son of Clement Herbert Scott and Beryl Scott Emanuel.
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 F230
Archibald's business was made bankrupt by 1817, but he still attempted to get back on his feet, only to find himself getting deeper into trouble due to his debts.
Archibald and family were forced to flee from Orkney to Edinburgh, the court records mentioning that his wife and four infant children went with him.
John represented Archibald in all his court cases, and Archibald named two of his children after him, Ann Mitchell Learmonth and John Mitchell Learmonth.
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 Emigration, Immigration
She is a new ship, (this being only her second voyage) is a prime sailer, and has exceeding good accommodation for passengers.— For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, or to Mr.
John Murgatroyd; to Andrew Miller, in Queen-street, Southwark; or to the Master on board.
She failed from Thurso in Caithness on the 14th September with 280 emigrants, for North Carolina; but meeting with high and contrary winds was put back to Stromness.
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/newspapers/Subjects/Imm.htm   (3030 words)

  
 Northvegr - Old-Lore Miscellany
Sir Archibald was a kindly and genial gentleman, interested in the welfare of his tenants, with whom he was popular.
They were taken possession of in 1825 by John Clunies Ross, who was succeeded by his son, John George Clunies Ross, at whose death in 1871 the late George Clunies Ross became possessor.
Elizabeth, daughter, of John Ross, of Lund, whose son, John Clunies Ross, was the first King of the Cocoas.
www.northvegr.org /lore/oldlore/007.php   (1650 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Colonel Josiah James Robertson and others
     John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso was born on 10 September 1953.
Camilla Janet Sinclair was the daughter of Robin Macdonald Sinclair, 2nd Viscount Thurso and Margaret Beaumont Robertson.
Angus John Sinclair, son of Sir Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso and Marigold Forbes, on 26 February 1955.
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 Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso KT CMG PC (October 22, 1890–June 15, 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair from 1912 until 1952, was a British politician and leader of the UK Liberal Party.
At the 1950 general election Sinclair again stood for his old seat and moved to second place, but in yet another close election, he was 269 votes away from victory.
In the 1990s, his grandson, John Thurso entered politics and now sits as a Liberal Democrat MP for his grandfather's seat, now called Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
tramadol.tfres.net /wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso   (646 words)

  
 Emigrants to the Carolinas from Scotland 1774   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
JOHN CATANOCH, aged Fifty Years, by Trade a Farmer, married, hath 4 Children from 19 to 7 years old; resided last at Cabster in the Parish of Rae, in the County of Caithness, upon the Estate of Mr.
Alexander Nicolson Minister at Thurso, intends to go to Carolina; left his own Country for the reasons assigned by John Catanoch, as he resided in the same Town and was subjected and was subjected to the same Hardships with the other.
JOHN ROSS, Aged 47, a Widower hath six Children, from 20 to 5 years Old, who emigrate with him, by Trade a Farmer, last at kable in the Parish of Farr and County of Sutherland, upon the estate of Sutherland.
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 MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001
John Henry Hayes[?] (South Holland and The Deepings[?])
David William St. John Heath[?] (Somerton[?] and Frome[?])
Brian Charles John Sedgemore[?] (Hackney South and Shoreditch)
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mp/MPs_elected_in_the_UK_general_election,_2001.html   (208 words)

  
 Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster founded the Department of Agriculture when he was a Minister in the Government of William Pitt, the Younger.
Dear John: The History of the Public Revenue of the British Empire by Sir John Sinclair, Baronet M.P. London, 1785, 1790 and 1803.
He, the modern John, is a newly elected MP and thus follows in the footsteps of Sir John and indeed his Grandfather, Archibald who was Minister for Air in Churchill's war cabinet and was made the first Viscount Thurso.
sinclair.quarterman.org /who/sirjohn.html   (540 words)

  
 Biography of COL John Hinkson
John's son mentioned that in 1763 his father traveled to the Emerald Isle as a young man "to collect patrimony," marry Margaret McCracken, then stayed two years before returning with supplies for life in the wilderness of Pennsylvnia.
John Hinkson and James Cooper were never tried for their crime, no evidence was ever presented against them, no witnesses were ever brought forth to testify, and no legal verdict was ever rendered in a court of law.
Whereas John Hinkson the explorer entered into general history in April, 1775, his reputation as a legendary Indian fighter and frontiersman was forged in June, 1780, when the British and Indians swept down upon and captured two frontier outposts in Kentucky.
www.shawhan.com /jhinksonbio.html   (18630 words)

  
 Liberal Democrats : John Thurso MP, Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
John Thurso was educated at Eton and Westminster Technical College; he joined the Savoy Group as a management trainee in 1972.
John retains his links with the industry through his Presidency of the Tourism Society and the Academy of Food and Wine Service.
John spoke many times in the House of Lords in favour of Lords reform and following the 1999 Act, chose not to try and stay.
www.libdems.org.uk /party/people/viscount-john-thurso.html   (494 words)

  
 FROM ELECTRIC SCOTLAND - THE SCOTS IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Archibald, Earl of Douglas, Buchan's father-in-law, joined with several thousand Scots and was created Duke of Touraine.
John Law, of Lauriston, is a case in point; but the most ludicrous was an invented title palmed off upon Richelieu.
He was a grandson of the Earl of Rosslyn, born at Thurso, and studied medicine under the great John Hunter.
www.burkes-peerage.net /sites/scotland/esnews/es1001b.asp   (4776 words)

  
 Ships to Nova Scotia 1815-1838
Shamrock having lost her fore-mast; she appeared to be in a sinking state; it blowing a gale and the sea running very high, could not lend her assistance; it is conjectured she must have gone down that night, as she was not to be seen on the morning of the 23d." The owner, Mr.
John Spencer and his brother were on board.
John's Packet and the schooner Mayflower, bound from Newfoundland to Halifax, with passengers, were wrecked, the first off Newfoundland and the other off Cape Breton.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/Arrivals/novascotia.htm   (4990 words)

  
 Turnbull Clan Genealogy Collection - Person Page 783   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
     John Turnbull Steuart was born in 1876 at Brankholm, Victoria, Australia.
He was the son of John Steuart and Alicia Swift.
     Shane John Stevens is the son of Gordon John Stevens and Barbara Broadby.
www.turnbullclan.com /tca_genealogy/tca_all-p/p783.htm   (1818 words)

  
 THURSO - Online Information article about THURSO
It is situated at the mouth of the Thurso, on Thurso See also:
Thurso was the centre of the Norse See also:
time at Thurso and despoiled it till he was surprised and slain by Thorfinn in 1040.
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A special effort has been made to deal with the vexed question of the succession to the Caithness Earldom after Earl John's death in 1231, with the pedigree of the first known ancestors of the House of Sutherland, and with the mystery of the descent of Lady Johanna of Strathnaver.
John Mowat, was published by W. Rae, Wick, in 1909, and of Caithness and Sutherland by The Viking Club, 1910, by the same author.] [Footnote 2: The Capitals and abbreviations placed in brackets after certain authorities, give their initial letters and short titles, (e.g.
They then brought the jarl's body from Force to Thurso, and thence took it over to Orkney, to be buried in the choir of St. Magnus' Cathedral, which he had founded and built in his uncle's honour.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/5/8/5/15856/15856-8.txt   (11168 words)

  
 Cawdor Castle
During the next twenty years Earl Archibald, who, like his father, held many high offices of state, did everything he could, as Lieutenant of the Isles, to establish the greatest possible measure of control over the Western Highlands and Islands, while at the same time progressively strengthening his own position and that of his clan.
In the ensuing confusion, Archibald, who happened to be Justice General, managed, without too much difficulty, to secure the child's wardship for himself.
According to tradition, she was captured by Sir John Campbell and his party, while out with her nurse near Cawdor castle.
www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/cawdor.html   (326 words)

  
 Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso - Gurupedia
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (then Sir Archibald Sinclair) was leader of the UK Liberal Party from 1935 until 1945.
Sinclair served on the Western Front during the First World War and rose to the position of major in the Guards Machine-Gun Regiment.
John Thurso entered politics and now sits as MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
www.gurupedia.com /a/ar/archibald_henry_macdonald_sinclair,_1st_viscount_thurso.htm   (335 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Programmes | Question Time | 25 March 2004
Career: John Redwood is one of the Conservative Party's most prominent anti-euro voices and is a strong advocate of privatisation.
As Viscount Thurso, he was front bench Lib Dem spokesman on tourism and food in the Lords before voting for his own expulsion from the upper chamber and refusing a life peerage.
Mr Thurso, whose grandfather, Sir Archibald Sinclair, was leader of the Liberal Party from 1935-45, has criticised Chancellor Gordon Brown's decision in the Budget to go ahead with the plan to put tax stamps on whisky.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/question_time/3560509.stm   (511 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: John Sinclair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
When Sir John Sinclair of Ulbst planned the massive Statistical Account of Scotland, back in Robert Burns' time, part of his purpose was to discover the quantum of happiness of the kingdom.
The constituents of Caithness and Sutherland can expect a great deal of their new Member of Parliament, Viscount John Thurso, who voluntarily gave up his seat in the House of Lords under the recent reforms and was elected earlier this year to the House of Commons as a Liberal Democrat.
Sir John was a leading light of the late 18th and early 19th Century.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Sinclair_John_140407491.htm   (491 words)

  
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C: 1822 Father: John CORMACK Wick, Caithness, Scotland Mother: Janet Reiach Alexr CORMACK (M).....................
B: Abt 1750 Spouse: John MILLER Thurso, Caithness, Scotland Anne CORMACK (F)......................
B: 17 Oct 1866 Father: John CORMACK Thurso, Caithness, Scotland Mother: Elizabeth MACKAY Catherine Miller CORMACK (F)..........
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