James Sinclair, twelfth earl of Caithness

(1766-1823)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Caithness, James Sinclair, Earl of, 1766-1823 LBT ID: LdCaith12 VIAF ID: 28605155 LOC ID: n87926916	B/BAP: 1766-10-31 DIED: 1823-07-16
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The son of Sir John Sinclair of Mey, sixth baronet, succeeding as earl in 1789; he was Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness (1794-1823) and a Scottish representative peer (1807-18).
REFERENCES TO James Sinclair, twelfth earl of Caithness: Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 21 July 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XI: 1815-16