Person Sinclair; Sir; John (1754 - 1835) Sinclair John Sir 1754 - 1835 British Male Thurso Castle, Caithness, Scotland 10 May 1754 His house, George Street, Edinburgh 21 December 1835 Burial: Holyrood chapel, Edinburgh

Education: 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 Fellow 24/06/1784 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 p 438 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 10 May 1754 - 21 Dec 1835 NA2278 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 44f59559-02e4-4743-9a0a-96e2a5f62333