Alexander
Sinclair Ninth Earl of Caithness
formerly Sinclair aka Sinklar
Born before in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Janet Sinclair
Husband of
Margaret (Primrose) Primrose Countess of Caithness
— married
15 Feb 1738 in Durham, County Durham, England
Descendants 
Father of
Alexander Sinclair and Dorothea (Sinclair) Sinclair Countess Fife
Died about
after about age 81
in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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| Preceded by John Sinclair, 8th Earl of Caithness |
9th Earl of Caithness 1705-1765 |
Followed by William SInclair,10th Earl of Caithness |
Biography
Alexander was born about 1684.
Alexander Sinclair was the eldest son of John Sinclair, eighth Earl of Caithness and Jean Carmichael of Hyndford.[1]
Alexander took his seat in Parliament in 1706 and voted against all the articles of the Treaty of Union discussed after December 1706.[2]
Alexander married Margaret Primrose, second daughter of the Earl of Roseberry, at Durham, on the 15th of February 1738.[2][3][4]
Alexander died at Hemer in Caithness on the 9th of December 1765. [2][4]
Research Notes
- Alexander Sinklar appears to be the Alexander who married Agnes Strathearn at Kilsyth in 1710.
Sources
- ↑ The Scots Peerage; Vol 2; paged 345-347
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Scots Peerage; Vol 2; page 346
- ↑ The Scots Peerage; Vol 7; page 222
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant;Vol. 2; 1912; p 481
Source: [S675974210] Ancestry Family Trees
Source: [S681095748] Familysearch.org Where Within Source: K2JB-S9P
Source: [S681095450] Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 Where Within Source: FHL microfilm 1,041,949, 102,118 Note: Alexander Sinkler Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 Name: Alexander Sinkler Event Type: Christening Event Date: 3 Feb 1684 Event Place: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Event Place (Original): Tillicoultry, Clackmannan, Scotland Gender: Male Father's Name: Thomas Sinkler Mother's Name: Cathren Comrie Citation "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYZ8-SS6 : 11 February 2020), Alexander Sinkler, 1684.
Source: [S681095494] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 Note: Name: Alexander Sinclair Gender: Male Spouse: Agnes Strathorn Child: Ann Sinclair Household Members: Agnes Strathorn Alexander Sinclair Ann Sinclair
Source: [S681095593] Millennium File Note: Name: Alexander SinclairSinkler Gender: Male Birth Date: 3 Feb 1684 Birth Place: Tillicoultry, Clckmn, Scottland Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1710 Father: Thomas Sinkler Mother: Cathren Comrie Spouse: Agnes Strathern Children: Anges Ann Sinclair Spouse Father: William Strathern Spouse Mother: Jeine Marshall
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Categories: Earls of Caithness
IX. ALEXANDER, ninth Earl of Caithness, succeeded his father in 1705, took the oaths and his seat in Parliament 17 December 1706, while the Treaty of Union was before the House, and voted against all the articles of that Treaty, discussed subsequent to that date. His lordship possessed the title of Caithness sixty years, outliving every peer who had sat in the Scottish Parliament, and died at Hemer in Caithness, 9 December 1765, in the eighty-first year of his age. He married, at Durham, 15 February 1738, Margaret, second daughter of Archibald Primrose, first Earl of Rosebery, by Dorothea, daughter and heir of Everingham Cressy, Esquire of Birkin, co. York, and by her, who died at Hermitage, near Leith, 7 October 1785, had one child : Dorothea, born 4 April 1739, married, at Edinburgh, 5 June 1759, to James, second Earl Fife, without issue.
It is not clear - is this profile meant to be of the man who succeeded his father in 1705 - in which case it should be merged with Sinclair-1696
Or is it mean to be of the man who succeeded the ninth Earl? But he was a William Sinclair.
So I suspect this profile is meant to be the 9th Earl and a merger is needed.
According to Balfour Paul, this gent had only one daughter, Dorothea. Going by their sources, the other children appear to be the children of Alexander and another spouse, by the name of Agnes Strathern, Strathern-71, who is not connected to him, as his spouse, and the children are duplicated on several occasions.
IX. ALEXANDER, ninth Earl of Caithness, succeeded his father in 1705, took the oaths and his seat in Parliament 17 December 1706, while the Treaty of Union was before the House, and voted against all the articles of that Treaty, discussed subsequent to that date. His lordship possessed the title of Caithness sixty years, outliving every peer who had sat in the Scottish Parliament, and died at Hemer in Caithness, 9 December 1765, in the eighty-first year of his age. He married, at Durham, 15 February 1738, Margaret, second daughter of Archibald Primrose, first Earl of Rosebery, by Dorothea, daughter and heir of Everingham Cressy, Esquire of Birkin, co. York, and by her, who died at Hermitage, near Leith, 7 October 1785, had one child : Dorothea, born 4 April 1739, married, at Edinburgh, 5 June 1759, to James, second Earl Fife, without issue.
Let's merge .
Thank you .