James Roderick Sinclair son of Charles Sinclair and his wife, Mary Harman, was born in 1906. He joined the Gordon Highlanders and as Brigadier led them through WWII.
In 1947 he succeeded his sonless paternal uncle, Norman Sinclair, as 19th earl of Caithness. From 1949 until 1952 he served as Commander of the Ceylon Army and in 1955 was appointed land agent and manager at the Balmoral Estate.
James Roderick died in 1965.
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Source: [S681095944] Geneanet Community Trees Index Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Gender M (Male) Birth Date 29 sept. 1906 (29 Sep 1906) Death Date 9 mai 1965 (9 May 1965) Father Charles Augustus Sinclair Mother Mary Ann Harman Spouse Madeleine Gabrielle de PURY Child Malcolm Ian Sinclair
Source: [S677826248] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Registration Date 1906 Quarter of the Year Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Place Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Volume 6a Page 332
Source: [S681095606] England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Event Date 1906 Event Place Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Registration District Gloucester Event Type Birth Registration Page 332 Volume 6A Affiliate Line Number 162 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year 1906 "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FNK-9CZ : 1 October 2014), James Roderick Sinclair, 1906; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
Source: [S681095923] Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913 Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Age 0 Event Type Baptism Birth Date 29 Sep 1906 Baptism Date 3 Nov 1906 Baptism Place Hempstead, Gloucestershire, England Parish as it Appears Hempsted Father Charles Augustus Sinclair Mother Mary Ann Sinclair
Source: [S677796653] 1911 England Census Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Age in 1911 4 Estimated Birth Year 1907 Relation to Head Son Gender Male Birth Place Hempsted, Gloucestershire Civil parish Hampstead County/Island Gloucestershire Country England Street Address Rectory, Hempsted, Gloucester Registration District Number 325 Sub-registration district Gloucester Southern ED, institution, or vessel 04 Piece 15298 Household members Name Age Charles Augustus Sinclair 45 Clara Trigell 42 Mary Ann Sinclair 37 Eliza Catherine Meadows Hughes 25 Gertrude Robins 22 Florence May Beatrice Dowdeswell 20 Janet Sinclair 10 Nicola Marianne Sinclair 6 James Roderick Sinclair 4 Margaret Alison Sinclair 4/12
Source: [S681095963] Gloucestershire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1974 Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Residence Year 1932 Street Address Hempstead Rectory Parliamentary Division Stroud Residence Place Gloucestershire, England
Source: [S681095775] Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Gender Male Event Type Marriage Marriage Date 24 Apr 1933 Marriage Place Hempstead, Gloucestershire, England Parish as it Appears Hempsted Spouse Grizel Margaret Cuninghame
Source: [S681095469] 1939 England and Wales Register Note: Name James R Sinclair Gender Male Marital Status Married Birth Date 29 Sep 1906 Residence Date 1939 Address 26 Fleet Rd Residence Place Fleet, Hampshire, England Occupation Capt Gordon Highlander Line Number 30 Schedule Number 38 Sub Schedule Number 1 Enumeration District Edme Borough Fleet Registration district 105/2 Inferred Spouse ?? M Sinclair Household Members Household Members Name Age James R Sinclair 33 ?? M Sinclair 31 Lilian B. R Fryer 22
Source: [S677826207] England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Note: Name James R Sinclair Registration Date Jul 1946 Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district Westminster Inferred County Middlesex Spouse Madeline G Ormerod Volume Number 5c Page number 756
Source: [S676062393] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Note: Name James Roderick Sinclair Birth Date 29 Sep 1906 Death Date 1965 Cemetery Crathie Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Has Bio? Y Spouse Madeline Gabrielle Sinclair
Source: [S681095527] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 Note: Name The Right Honorable James Roderick Caithness Earl of Brigadier Death Date 8 May 1965 Death Place Aberdeen, Scotland Probate Date 3 Sep 1965 Probate Registry London, England
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