William (Sinclair) Sinclair IIIrd of Mey (abt. 1585 - abt. 1643)

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Biography

William was born about 1585. He was the eldest son of George Sinclair 2nd Laird of Mey and grandson of George Sinclair 4th Earl of Caithness. He was still alive in 1636 and may have still been alive in 1647. Sir William was knighted possibly on 11th December 1592 when he was granted a charter of lands by James IV.

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p19860.htm#i198596
• The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
• The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)
• The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun
• The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]
• A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm
• A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.
• Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland
• Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
• Memorabilia Domestica by the Rev. Donald Sage, Minister of Resolis, Ross-shire (step-son of Jean Sutherland of Midgarty)
• Caithness Family History by John Henderson first published in 1882