Person:George Sinclair (10)

George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness

• Henderson, John. Caithness family history. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1884), Pages 5, 6, 7.

IV. George, Fourth Earl, was Justiciar of Caithness by grant, in 1566, from Queen Mary; and he was one of the peers who sat on the trial of Bothwell.

He married Lady Elizabeth Graham, daughter of William, Earl of Montrose, and had –

SONS

1. John, Master of Caithness.

2. William, who was first Laird of Mey, and ancestor of Ulbster.

3. George of Mey, Chancellor of Caithness.

DAUGHTERS

1. Barbara, who married Alexander, Earl of Sutherland, and was divorced by him in 1573.

2. Elizabeth, married first to Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, and thereafter to Hutcheon M’Kay of Farr, ancestor of the Lords Reay.

3. Another daughter, married to Alexander Innes, of Innes.

4. Janet St. Clair, a daughter of this Earl, as third wife of Robert Munro of Foulis, said by (Douglas) to have died without issue. In 1582 Janet Sinclair, Lady Foulis, had a Tack of the Parsonage of Spittal, which belonged to the Caithness family

1.   Henderson, John. Caithness family history. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1884)
   Pages 5, 6, 7.

   IV. George, Fourth Earl, was Justiciar of Caithness by grant, in 1566, from Queen Mary; and he was one of the peers who sat on the trial of Bothwell.
   
   He married Lady Elizabeth Graham, daughter of William, Earl of Montrose, and had –
   
   SONS
   
   1. John, Master of Caithness.
   2. William, who was first Laird of Mey, and ancestor of Ulbster.
   3. George of Mey, Chancellor of Caithness.
   
   DAUGHTERS
   
   1. Barbara, who married Alexander, Earl of Sutherland, and was divorced by him in 1573.
   2. Elizabeth, married first to Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, and thereafter to Hutcheon M’Kay of Farr, ancestor of the Lords Reay.
   3. Another daughter, married to Alexander Innes, of Innes.
   4. Janet St. Clair, a daughter of this Earl, as third wife of Robert Munro of Foulis, said by (Douglas) to have died without issue. In 1582 Janet Sinclair, Lady Foulis, had a Tack of the Parsonage of Spittal, which belonged to the Caithness family

2.   George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.