John (Sinclair) Sinclair Third Earl of Caithness (abt. 1495 - 1529)

Born about 1495 in Offlodden, Branxton, Northumberland, England

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Died 18 May 1529 at about age 34 in Somersdale, Stenness, Orkney Islands, Scotland

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Biography

John (Sinclair) Sinclair Third Earl of Caithness is a member of Clan Sinclair.

John was born in 1495 in Branxton, Northumberland, England. He was the son of William (Sinclair) Sinclair Second Earl of Caithness and Margaret (Keith) Keith Countess of Caithness.

John's father William died in battle in 1513, and John had sasine of the earldom on November 25, 1613. John was killed on the field at Somersdale on May 18, 1529.

He married before 1527 Margaret Sutherland, daughter of William Sutherland of Duffus. They had Three children: William, George and Janet. John also had an illegitimate son, David.^[1]

John died on 18 May 1529 in Somersdale, Stenness, Orkney Islands, Scotland, trying to recover the Orkney Islands. ^[2][3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ The Scots peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Vol. I Editor: Sir James Balfour Paul. Publication: Published D Douglas in Edinburgh 1904. Available at [Internet Archive] Pages 337-338.
2. ↑ Burke's Peerage.
3. ↑ Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 41f-11
4. ↑ Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: II:478-9

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