Person:John Sinclair (59)

John Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Caithness

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

III. John, Third Earl, was slain in an expedition to Orkney in 1529. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Sutherland of Duffus, by whom he had –

1. William, who died in 1527, without issue.

2. George, his successor.

He had also a natural son, David, who held the office of Bailie to the Bishop of Caithness. In 1556, David’s brother, Earl George, obtained a remission for imprisoning him in Girnigo Castle.

1.   Henderson, John. Caithness family history. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1884)
   Page 5.
2.   John Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Caithness, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.