John Sinclair,

Lord Herdmanston Lord Herdmanston was a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was held by the Sinclair or St Clair family. History Herdmanston in East Lothian had been held from the 12th century, when Henry St Clair received a grant of the lands of Herdma ...

, (14 February 1632 – 13 July 1666) was a Scottish noble of the 17th century.

Early life

John was baptized 14 February 1632. He was the eldest son of John Sinclair, 22nd

, and Elizabeth Sinclair. Among his brothers were William St Clair of Carfrae, Robert St Clair ( Governor of Tilbury), George St Clair (a merchant, Baillie and Magistrate of Edinburgh), and Dr. Matthew St Clair. His maternal grandfather was John Sinclair of Stevenson. His paternal grandparents were Sir John Sinclair, 21st Lord Herdmanston, and Mary Richardson (a daughter of Sir James Richardson of Smeaton). Through his brother Matthew, he was uncle to Charles St Clair of Herdmanston, later ''

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Lord Sinclair Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. According to James Balfour Paul's ''The Scots Peerage'', volume VII published in 1910, the first person to be styled Lord Sinclair was William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and 1st Earl of Cai ...

(grandfather to

Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair Lt.-Col. Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair (30 July 1768 – 30 September 1863) was a Scottish noble and representative peer. Early life Charles Sinclair was born on 30 July 1768. He was the eldest son of Elizabeth ( Rutherfurd) St Clair (–1 ...

), and Dr. Andrew St Clair, physician to King

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Career

St Clair was taken prisoner at the

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in 1651, and exempted from

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Personal life

John married his distant cousin, Catherine Sinclair, Mistress of Sinclair, only child and heiress of

John Sinclair, 10th Lord Sinclair John Sinclair (died 1676) was a Scottish nobleman and the 10th Lord Sinclair. In ''The Scots Peerage'' by James Balfour Paul he is designated as the 9th Lord Sinclair in descent starting from William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and 3rd Earl ...

, and Lady Mary Wemyss (eldest daughter of

John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586–1649) was a Scottish politician. He was a son of Sir John Wemyss and Margaret Douglas, a daughter of Sir William Douglas of Lochleven. His home was Wemyss Castle in Fife. Around 1610 he acquired the e ...

). Among their children were: * Henry St Clair (1660–1723), Master of Herdmanston, who succeeded as the 11th

. * John Sinclair (1663–) * Mary Sinclair (1666–), who married merchant George Wilson, son of Thomas Wilson, of Edinburgh. St Clair died on 13 July 1666 and was buried at

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Descendants

Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of

John St Clair, Master of Sinclair John St Clair, Master of Sinclair (5 December 1683 – 2 November 1750) was a Scottish Army officer and Tory politician who sat briefly in the British House of Commons in 1708 before he was excluded as ineligible as eldest son of a Scottish peer. ...

(1683–1750), who was attainted in 1715 and never allowed to assume title, and

James St Clair General The Hon. James St Clair (1688 – 30 November 1762) was a Scottish soldier and Whig politician. Background St Clair was the second son of Henry St Clair, 10th Lord Sinclair and his wife Grizel Cockburn, daughter of Sir James Cockburn ...

(d. 1762), who never assumed the title.

References

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Clan Sinclair 1632 births 1666 deaths