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 484 CAITHNESS burgh, aged 59. (^) Will pr. 25 Oct. 1 881, at Caithness. His widow, who was b. 1830, d. at 124 Avenue de Wagram, Paris, 3, and was bur. 26 Nov. 1895, at Holyrood.(^) XXXV. 1 88 1. 15. George Philips Alexander (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness [S.], only s. and h., by ist wife; b. 30 Nov. 1858, in Hill Str., Berkeley Sq., Midx.; ed. at Magd. Coll. Cambridge. Lord Lieut, of co. Caithness, 188 i till his death. A Liberal in politics. He d. unm., 28 May 1889, at Edinburgh, aged 30, having devised the whole of the family estates (away from the title) to a stranger in blood. At his death the Barony of Barrogill became extinct. XXXVL 1889. 16. James Augustus (Sinclair), Earl of Caith- ness [S.], distant cousin and h. male, being 4th s. (though ist by 3rd wife) of Lieut. Col. John Sutherland Sinclair, Royal Artillery, by his 3rd wife, Euphemia, da. of Thomas Buchan, of Auch- macoy, which John, who d. 12 Apr. 1841, was s. of George Sinclair {d. 6 Dec. 1779), who was 2nd s. of James Sinclair, of Durran [d. 1793), 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h. of John Sinclair, of Durran {d. 1728), s. and h. of Robert Sinclair, of Durran {d. about 1709), who was yr. br. of Sir William Sinclair, 2nd Bart. [S.] of Mey, ancestor of the I2th and suc- ceeding Earls, and 4th in descent from George, the 4th Earl, who d. 1582. He was b. 31 May 1827, was for many years a Banker and Chartered Accountant in Aberdeen. He established his claim before the Sheriff in Chancery [S.], and voted at the election of Scottish peers in Jan. 1 890.('^) He m.^ i-j Apr. 1855, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen, Janet, only da. of Roderick MacLeod, M.D., Physician to St. George's Hospital, 1 833-45, by Margaret Gambier, da. of (another) Roderick MacLeod, D.D., Rector (1806-45) of St. Anne's, Soho. He d. of inflammation of the lungs, 20 Jan. 1891, in his 64th year, at 2 Queen's Gardens, Paddington, and was bur. at St. Mathias, Old Aberdeen. Will pr. at ;ri 6,689. H^is widow, who was b. 23 Sep. 1829, and bap. at St. Anne's, Soho, d. 5 Feb. 1906, aged 76, at 59 Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park. XXXVIL 1891. 17. John Sutherland (Sinclair), Earl OF Caith- ness [S. 1455], and a Baronet [S.], ist s. and h., b. 17 Sep. 1857, in Aberdeen, and bap. at St. Paul's there; styled Lord Berriedale from May 1889 till he sue. to the peerage, [S.], as above. (*) He was well known in the scientific world, being the inventor of a steam car- riage, a compass, ^c. C") She was noted for her beauty, and for her Neo-Buddhist views. V.G. C^) It should be noted, however, that he never established his claim before the House of Lords as his predecessors, the xxxth Earl in 1772, and the xxxiind Earl in 1793, had done. V.G.