Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Lord John Sinclair Master of Caithness (± 1543-1575)

Personal data Lord John Sinclair Master of Caithness 

Sources 1, 2
  • Alternative name: Lord John Sinclair of Caithness
  • He was born about 1543 in Caithness, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
  • He died September 1575 in Girnigo Castle, Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
  • A child of George Sinclair and Elizabeth Graham
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Lord John Sinclair Master of Caithness

(1) He is married to Jean Hepburn.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. John Sinclair  1570-< 1627 
  2. George Sinclair  1566-1643 


(2) He is married to Bessie Gunn.

They got married.


Notes about Lord John Sinclair Master of Caithness

     John Sinclair, Master of Caithness, having quarrelled with his
father, was imprisoned by him in the Castle of Girnigo for seven years, and died there by famine and vermin, September 1575. It was rumoured that he had been so hardy that his gaolers, at the instigation of his brother, William Sinclair of Mey, had to finish him off by giving him salt beef but witholding all drink until he died raving. However, one day, while William was taunting his captive brother, the frenzied Master of Caithness leapt upon him and tried to strangle him with his chains. William got away with some difficulty but died from the bruising within a forthnight.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Sinclair

John Sinclair
± 1500-1529
Elizabeth Sutherland
± 1510-????
William Graham
1499-1571
Jane (Janet) Keith
1500-< 1547
George Sinclair
< 1527-1582

John Sinclair
± 1543-1575

(1) 

Jean Hepburn
± 1549-< 1599

John Sinclair
1570-< 1627
George Sinclair
1566-1643
Lord James Sinclair of Caithness
1569-????
Lady Marie Sinclair of Caithness
1572-????
(2) 

Bessie Gunn
± 1550-????


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Sources

  1. royal_lineage.ged, June 2006
  2. "Mark Willis Ballard (gedcom, rootsweb)," supplied by Ballard, 2013., Mark Willis Ballard (gedcom), compiled by Mark Willis Ballard [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]

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