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Authorised form of nameSinclair; Sir; John (1754 - 1835)
Dates1754 - 1835
NationalityBritish
Place of birthThurso Castle, Caithness, Scotland
Date of birth10 May 1754
Place of deathHis house, George Street, Edinburgh
Date of death21 December 1835
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Holyrood chapel, Edinburgh
ActivityEducation:
High School, Edinburgh; Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford Universities
Career:
Admitted to Lincoln's Inn (1774); Barrister (1782); established a Society for the improvement of British wool (1791); established the Board of Agriculture; Director, Bank of Scotland; Cashier of Excise
Honours:
Bt 1786
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/06/1784
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 p 438
CodeNA2278
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/2/18Letter from Sir John Sinclair, Gordon's Cockspur Street. to Sir Joseph Banks3 April 1802
IM/004210Sinclair, Sir Johnnd
EC/1784/06Sinclair, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004211Sinclair, Sir Johnnd
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