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Sir William Sinclair, of Pentland, 18th Baron, of Rosslyn
b.Abt 1590
- Sir William Sinclair, of Pentland, 18th Baron, of RosslynAbt 1590 -
Facts and Events
| Name |
Sir William Sinclair, of Pentland, 18th Baron, of Rosslyn |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1590 |
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to Anne Spotswood |
Sir William Sinclair of Roslin
- Douglass, Robert. The Baronage of Scotland: Containing, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom. (London: Cadell & Davies, 1798), Page 248.
- XVIII. Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, who succeeded him, and married Anne, daughter of Dr. John Spotswood archbishop of St Andrews, and got a charter under the great seal, of the lands and barony of Pentland, etc. dated 25th July 1610.
- Also a charter, domino Willielmo Sinclair de Roslin militia, et domino Anne Spotswood Sponsa sua, et domino Willielmo Sinclair de Pentland eorum silio, baroniarum de Roslin, Pentland, etc. dated 18th December 1617.
- By the said Anne Spotswood he had two sons.
- 1. Sir William of Pentland, who had the honor of knighthood conferred upon him by King Charles I. He was a youth of noble spirit, but died before his father, unmarried.
- 2. James XIX., who succeeded his father.
References
- Douglass, Robert. The Baronage of Scotland: Containing, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom. (London: Cadell & Davies, 1798)
Page 248.
XVIII. Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, who succeeded him, and married Anne, daughter of Dr. John Spotswood archbishop of St Andrews, and got a charter under the great seal, of the lands and barony of Pentland, etc. dated 25th July 1610.
Also a charter, domino Willielmo Sinclair de Roslin militia, et domino Anne Spotswood Sponsa sua, et domino Willielmo Sinclair de Pentland eorum silio, baroniarum de Roslin, Pentland, etc. dated 18th December 1617.
By the said Anne Spotswood he had two sons.
1. Sir William of Pentland, who had the honor of knighthood conferred upon him by King Charles I. He was a youth of noble spirit, but died before his father, unmarried.
2. James XIX., who succeeded his father.
- Saint-Clair, Roland William. The Saint-Clairs of the Isles: being a history of the sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the surname of Sinclair. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978)
Pages 286 to 296.
XI SIR WILLIAM SAINTCLAIR
Designed of Pentland, succeeded his father. His contract of marriage, with Dame Anna Spotswood, daughter to John Spotswood, then Archbishop of Glasgow, thereafter Archbishop of St.Andrew's, and Chancellor of Scotland, is dated at Leith 20th November 1609, and registered in the books of Counsell 7th August 1610, at which time Pentland was wadset to Archibald Douglas of Testis in liferent, and to his son in fee under reversion, to which Sir William was made sessioner. He had numerous issue:
WILLIAM, died in France. He had two natural daughters -
MARGARET (by a niece of Scougall of Whitekirk), married to James Carruthers, tutor of Annandale
ELIZABETH, unmarried
JOHN, commonly called "the Prince", next of Roslin
JAMES, hereafter of Roslin
LEWIS, Captain of Horse in General Duncan's Regiment, killed at the siege of Hallingsted in the county of Hall.
HENRY.
PATRICK.
CHARLES, who was possessed by a spirit. He died abroad.
ROBERT
GEORGE, died young
ARCHIBALD, who died unmarried
RACHAEL married to Hume, Laird of Foard
RACHAEL (sic), died unmarried
MARGARET, died young
HELEN, married, 1st, to Sir John Rollo of Bannockburne; 2nd, to Stirling of Herbertshire; and 3rd, to Colin McKenzie, brother to the Earl of Seaforth
This Sir William also received a charter of the Hereditary Protectorate from the Scottish Freemasons in 1630; and in 1635, upon the appointment of Sir Anthonie Alexander to the office of Master of Work for Scotland, preferred an objection as being in prejudice to his hereditary charge of the Masons of the Kingdom. He died during the Civil War, and was interred in Roslin Chapel, the very same day that the battle of Dunbar was fought, 3rd September, 1650.
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