Sir Robert Charles Sinclair, 9th Baronet DL (1820–1899), was a

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in the

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, the ninth of the

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of Murkle in the County of

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and of

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in the County of Haddington.

Biography

Born in

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on 25 August 1820, the son of Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair, 8th Baronet (1790–1863), the grandson of Admiral Hon. Michael de Courcy, and the great-grandson of John de Courcy, 18th Lord Kingsale, Sir Robert Sinclair, 9th Baronet was educated at

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. He was the ninth of the

of Murkle in the County of

and of

in the County of Haddington, created on 18 June 1636 for Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet (d. 1649). He succeeded to the title upon the death of his father, the 8th baronet, in 1863. Sir Robert Sinclair, 9th Baronet died without issue in

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on 5 May 1899, aged 78, and was succeeded by his kinsman Major General Sir Graeme Alexander Sinclair-Lockhart, 10th Baronet (1820–1904). He is buried just in front of the altar inside

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. His two wives flank him.Grave of Robert Charles Sinclar, St Marys Haddington

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Sir Robert Charles 1820 births 1899 deaths Nobility from East Lothian People educated at Bedford School Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia