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	Sir William Sinclair - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sir William took part in the dispute over the succession to the crown of Scotland in 1292, and was one of the leaders of the Scots in their revolt against Edward I.
		William, the 3rd earl of his line, whose earldom of Orkney was a Norwegian dignity, was made chancellor of Scotland in 1454 and Lord Sinclair and earl of Caithness in 1455.
		James, the 12th earl (1766-1823), was descended from another branch of the 4th earl's family, and his grandson James, the 14th earl (1821-1881), was a representative peer for Scotland from 1858 to 1868, and was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Baron Barrogill in 1866.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_William_Sinclair (983 words)

	Earl of Orkney - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Orkney Islands were ruled by jarls or earls under the supremacy of the kings of Norway from very early times to about 1360, many of these jarls being also earls of Caithness under the supremacy of the Scottish kings.
		Sir Henry was the son of Sir William Sinclair, who was killed by the Saracens whilst accompanying Sir James Douglas, the bearer of the Bruce's heart, to Palestine in 1330, and on the maternal side was the grandson of Malise, who called himself earl of Strathearn, Caithness and Orkney.
		His son Patrick acted in a very arbitrary manner in the Orkneys, where he set the royal authority at defiance; in 1609 he was seized and imprisoned, and, after his bastard son Robert had suffered death for heading a rebellion, he himself wws executed in February 1614, when his honours and estates were forfeited.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Earl_of_Orkney (518 words)

	sinclair01
		Sir William Sinclair of Roslin (a 1264, Sheriff of Edinburgh)
		Isabella of Strathearn (dau of Malise, 8th Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Orkney and Caithness)
		Elizabeth Sutherland (dau of William Sutherland of Duffus)
	www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/ss4as/sinclair01.htm (500 words)

	Clan SINCLAIR
		In 1470 the Earl of Orkney and Caithness was compelled to resign Orkney to James III in exchange for the Castle of Ravenscraig in Fife.
		The Earl was one of the hostages for the ransom of James I. in 1421, and in 1436, as High Admiral of Scotland, conveyed James’s daughter to her marriage with the Dauphin, afterwards Louis XI.
		Earl William’s second wife was a daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, and by her, besides other children, he had two sons.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/stoz/sinclai2.html (3910 words)

	Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg169.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Isabella married William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll.
		Elizabeth married (1) William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and Caithness.
		Christina married William Sinclair son of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and Caithness and Elizabeth Douglas.
	www.bradleyfoundation.org /Maite/marcus/tobg169.htm (402 words)

	Girnigoe
		By 1470 William reluctantly resigned his title Earl of Orkney with his encompassing Island estates, including his castle of Kirkwall to King James III of Scots (1460-1488) in exchange for the incomplete castle of Ravenscraig on the Fifeshire coast and other token lands.
		William as 1st Earl of Caithness and Earl or 'Jarl' of Orkney is most noted in history for the construction of Roslin castle and the ornate Rosslyn chapel in Mid Lothian in the 1440's.
		His son John then became 3rd Earl of Caithness and he too, as already noted, was slain in battle in 1529, leaving his son George to inherit Girnigoe as 4th Earl of Caithness.
	www.clansinclairsc.org /girnigoecastle.htm (2136 words)

	Sinclair History
		George Sinclair of Keiss, who later became the 7th Earl, was responsible for the destruction of the Castles in about 1690, by the use of cannon, forcing Campbell of Glenorchy, who was occupying them, to withdraw.
		It was this William Sinclair who married the daughter of Malise II, the 'jarl’ of Orkney, which resulted in the 'jarldom' of Orkney eventually coming to the Sinclairs of Rosslyn.
		The ‘Jarldom’ of Orkney remained in Sinclair hands until the Northern Isles were handed over to James III of Scotland, as part of the dowry, of Princess Margaret of Denmark in 1471.
	www.btinternet.com /~murray.groat/Sinclair/SinclairHistory.htm (1429 words)

	Sinclair
		Sir William Sinclair was Sheriff of Edinburgh 1266, 1288-90; of Haddington 1264-90; Linlithgow 1264-90; Dumfries 1288; and Justiciar of Galwythie 1288-89.
		William married Isabella, second daughter of Malise, 8th Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Orkney and Caithness and his wife Marjorie, a daughter of Hugh, 4th Earl of Ross and Lady Maud Bruce, a sister of Scotland's national hero, King Robert the Bruce.
		William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney who married Elizabeth Douglas, a daughter of Archibald Tyneman, 4th Earl of Douglas who was a son of Archibald "the Grim", 3rd Earl of Douglas.
	www3.sympatico.ca /robert.sewell/sinclair.html (2916 words)

	The Castles of the Clan Keith Page
		In 1355 Archibald's son William (later 1st Earl of Douglas) with Patrick Dunbar, Earl of March and William Ramsay of Dalhousie routed almost the entire English garrison from Norham in an ambush at the battle of Nisbet, near Duns.
		The English complained "the Earl of March and Douglas and the latter's cousin Sir Archibald, are harassing the English Borderers by imprisonments, ransoms and otherwise".
		His son John then became 3rd Earl of Caithness and he too, as already noted, was slain in battle in 1529,leaving his son George to inherit Girnigoe as 4th Earl of Caithness.
	www.clankeith.org /fhaoilgeal/castles.htm (5353 words)

	William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), 3rd Earl of Orkney (until 1470), Baron of Roslin (1410–1484) was a Scottish nobleman and the builder of Rosslyn Chapel, in Midlothian.
		King James III gained the Earldom of Orkney for the Scottish Crown in 1470 (see History of Orkney), and William Sinclair was thereafter Earl of Caithness alone until he resigned the Earldom in favour of his son William in 1476.
		In 1471 James bestowed the castle [1] and lands of Ravenscraig, in Fife, on William Sinclair, in exchange for all his rights to the earldom of Orkney, which, by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland, passed on February 20, 1472, was annexed to the Scottish crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Sinclair,_1st_Earl_of_Caithness (374 words)

	Our Ancient Ancestors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Earl being absent and unheard, the pretext being a claim of some legal impediment at the time of her marriage, said to be a prior contract to Lord Hamilton.
		The Honorable William Boyd, third son of William, 4th Earl, was with the Royal Forces at Culloden, later in the Royal Navy, and in 1761, transferred to 114th Regiment of Infantry.
		Ancestors of the Boyds, Earls of Kilmarnock, Scotland: The Stwarts, Kings and Queens of Scotland, England and Ireland: The Fitz Allans, Earls of Arundel in England.
	www.lgboyd.com /boydbook/chapter1.htm (12004 words)

	Celtic Studio-Clan Sinclair
		The Sinclairs are of Norman origin, the first of the name being William de Sancto Claro, who received a grant of the barony of Roslin, Midlothian, in the 12th century.
		William, 3rd Earl, founded Roslin Chapel in 1446, and received the Earldom of Caithness in 1455.
		The Earls of Caithness were engaged in a long succession of feuds with the Sutherlands, the Gunns, and other clans, and George, 6th Earl, being deeply in debt, granted a disposition of his title and estates to Sir John Campbell of Glanorchy.
	www.celticstudio.com /celticstudio/database/clans/132.htm (335 words)

	Sinclair Earls of Orkney (1379-1471)
		Ample compensation was received by the Sinclair Earls of Caithness, a title that continues to this day and resides in the most noble Earl Malcolm Sinclair of Caithness.
		Although the people's choice was Earl William Sinclair, the Hansa (that powerful league of German merchants) backed King Christian whose daughter, as we have seen above, was to marry James III of Scotland and thereby indirectly deprive the Sinclairs of the 'jarldom' of Orkney and, at the same time, the throne of Norway.
		It is my belief that the Hansa arranged for the murder of Henry Sinclair; the murder of Richard II of England and the execution of Wichmann, the North Sea pirate who had been such a thorn in their flesh.
	sinclair.quarterman.org /sinclair/who/earls_of_orkney.html (1642 words)

	EARL OF ORKNEY - Online Information article about EARL OF ORKNEY
		Orkney Islands (q.v.) were ruled by jarls or earls under the supremacy of the See also:
		WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
		Petty, earl of Shelburne, and was succeeded in the title by her grandson, Thomas John Hamilton Fitzmaurice (1803–1877), whose descendants still hold the earldom.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ORC_PAI/ORKNEY_EARL_OF.html (663 words)

	Clan SINCLAIR family history genealogy records
		Chief commander Walderne Compte de Sancto Claro 1006 - 1075 head of the Sinclair family and father of William Sinclair, father of all Scottish Sinclairs, was granted the Barony of Rosslyn in Midlothian in 1138.
		After William the Conqueror became King of England William Sinclair, disenchanted over the King's aggressive expansion of his new kingdom, left England to become steward to Queen Margaret and King Malcolm III of Scotland.
		Sinclairs of Roslin were Hereditary Grand Masters of Masons in Scotland 1437-1736 when the office became elective and William Sinclair was elected 1st Grand Master.
	www.geocities.com /elfpolitics/tmclansinclair.html (2529 words)

	De Quincy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maud de Saint Liz was the widow of Robert FitzRichard de Clare (died between 1134 and 1136) and the daughter of Simon de Saint Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton (died in 1111) and Maud of Huntingdon, Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland (born in 1072 and died in 1130/31).
		Isabella was the second daughter of Malise, Earl of Strathearn, Orkney and Caithness and was declared by her father to be the heiress of the earldom of Caithness.
		William was a minor when his father was slain in Andelusia by the Saracens on August 25, 1330, so the marriage must have been after 1330 and before 1345 when their son Henry was born.
	www.robertsewell.ca /dequincy.html (2939 words)

	Clan Chief's Bio
		Born on 3rd November 1948, Malcolm Ian Sinclair, the Lord Berriedale (the title given to the eldest son) he inherited the earldom and that title following the death of his father, Roderick, the 19th Earl of Caithness, in 1965.
		The title dates from 871 when Caithness, Orkney and Shetland were part of the Norwegian Realm and Rognvald, Jarl (Prince or Earl) of Moeri was granted the title of Earl of Caithness and Orkney by King Harald of Norway.
		In 1455 King James II of Scotland, with Caithness, but not yet Orkney and Shetland under Scottish rule regranted the peerage of the Earl of Caithness to William Sinclair.
	www.clansinclairsc.org /chief.htm (1066 words)

	Clan Sinclair Shield at St Columba Church
		The name Sinclair is of Norman origin from "Saint-Clair-sur-Elle" and was established in Scotland in 1162 when Henry de St Clair of Roslin was granted lands in Lothian.
		The Earls of Caithness engaged in a long succession of feuds with their neighbours and within the family.
		It is said that, as a result of this battle, "so many Sinclairs were killed that the Campbells were able to cross the water without getting their feet wet".
	www.highlandcathedral.org /scottish_clan.php?clan=Sinclair (376 words)

	SINCLAIR HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
		Toni Sinclair of Ontario, Canada, reports in an entry to the Guest Book that in the autumn newsletter of Clan Sinclair Association of Canada, there is a request by an Anthony Partridge who was the navigator/bomber of an airplane that was shot down over Holland in 1944.
		The Earldom of Orkney was granted to Henry Sinclair by King Haco VI of Norway in 1379.
		Sinclair and Bean were captured during the Battle of Worcester in England in 1651 and were placed as indentured servants on the ship "John and Sara".
	kingcrest.com /sinclair (2300 words)

	Orkney Tourist Board
		The Orkney Islands are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area.
		The original Earl of Orkney was a Norse jarl controlling Orkney in the period 875-1231.
		The next Orkney title was the dukedom of Orkney, which was given to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, husband of Queen Mary I, in 1567.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/151/orkney-tourist-board.html (1000 words)

	Am Baile - Sinclair
		A later Sir Henry became Earl of Orkney in 1379 and in 1455 William, 3rd Sinclair Earl of Orkney, was granted the Earldom of Caithness.
		However, in 1470 the Earl of Orkney and Caithness was compelled to resign Orkney to James III in exchange for the Castle of Ravenscraig in Fife.
		The Earls of Caithness acquired a ready-made clan with the earldom and became engaged in a long succession of feuds with the Sutherlands, the Gunns and other clans.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_illustration.jsp?item_id=12359 (286 words)

	SINCLAIR HISTORY AND GENEALOGY: Timeline of Scottish History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney was granted the Earldom of Caithness.
		Earl of Orkney and Caithness was compelled to resign Orkney to James III in exchange for the Castle of Ravenscraig in Fife.
		Bruce claimed through the second daughter of David earl of Huntingdon, while Balliol claimed through the elder daughter of the same man. Bruce argued that he was closer in line as he was the son of the second daughter while Balliol was only the grandson of the elder daughter.
	kingcrest.com /sinclair/timeline.html-ssi (5943 words)

	Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg176.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Margaret married Sir Thomas Beaufort, KG, Earl of Dorset son of Sir John of Gaunt, KG, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Lady Katherine Swynford de Roët on 15 Feb 1403/1404.
		Philippa married (1) Sir Edward, 2nd Duke of York son of Sir Edmund of Langley, KG, Earl of Cambridge, 1st Duke of York, K.G. and Lady Isabel de Castilla.
		Alexander married (1) Katherine Sinclair, Duchess of Albany daughter of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and Caithness and Elizabeth Douglas in 1475.
	www.bradleyfoundation.org /Maite/marcus/tobg176.htm (596 words)

	Caithness CWS - History - History of Caithness - Appendix - Appendix 2 Superstiions In Caithness
		William Sinclair, Chancellor, grandson of Henry Sinclair, the forst of that name, Earl Orkney, was
		descent from George Sinclair of Mey, youngest son of the fourth Earl.
		The fist James Sinclair married Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Orkney, and their son James, the baronet, married Jean, daughter of Stewart of Mains and Burray also in Orkney.
	www.caithness.org /history/historyofcaithness/appendix/app5.htm (506 words)

	The Crowners of Caithness
		It is thought that one of the earliest crownerships created by William the Lion was that of Caithness, a wild and lawless county whose earls owed more allegiance to Norway than to the kings of Scots.
		The Crowners were originally subordinate to the Earls but, following the forfeiture of Earl Malise in 1344 the earldom of Caithness was held by the Crown and continued to be so until 1455.
		In 1455, however, William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, was created also Earl of Caithness and when his son and successor was later given the titles of Hereditary Justiciar and Sheriff of Caithness a terrible feud began which ultimately led to the Crownership falling into desuetude.
	www.academicmicroforms.com /crowners-of-caithness.html (206 words)

	Family Forest® - News & Reviews
		A 10th great-grandson of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll, who fell in command of the vanguard at the Battle of Flodden.
		An 11th great-grandson of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and 2nd Earl of Caithness.
		Also, General Robert E. Lee's wife was one of the 3rd great-grandaughters of the 3rd Lord Baltimore, and one of the 37th great-grandnieces of Saint Eugenius.
	www.familyforest.com /civilwar.html (2591 words)

	thePeerage.com - Major Christopher Harding-Rolls and others
		She married William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, son of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and Marjory Sutherland.
		He was the son of William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness and Margaret Keith.
		He died on 18 May 1529 in Summerdale, Orkney Islands, Scotland, killed in action, along with 500 of his men, in an attempt to recover the Orkney Islands.
	www.thepeerage.com /p2845.htm (810 words)

	Ancestors of
		Sinclair, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Lord, Chancellor-[2628]
		Anne married John Stewart 12th (3rd Stuart) Earl of Lennox, 3rd Lord Darnley-[75] [MRIN: 584], son of Matthew Stewart 11th (2nd Stuart) Earl of Lennox, 2nd Lord Darnley-[44] and Elizabeth Hamilton-[736], on 19 January 1511.
		(John Stewart 12th (3rd Stuart) Earl of Lennox, 3rd Lord Darnley-[75] was born in 1492 in Lennox, Dumbarton, Scotland and died on 4 September 1526 in Manuel, Stirling, Scotland.) The cause of his death was murdered.
	clanmacfarlane.100megsfree5.com /773.htm (217 words)

	Amazon.com: "Earl of Orkney": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		His son William married Isabel, the daughter of Malise, the Earl of Orkney, bringing even more land into his wealthy and powerful family..
		The 1st earl was lord-chancellor of Scot- land, and was 3rd Earl of Orkney, a dignity which he surrendered to the crown when those islands became the property of James Ill....
		The Earl of Orkney bowed low before the Queen, then he took her hands and brought them to his lips.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Earl-of-Orkney (528 words)

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