Henry St Clair, 7th Baron of Roslin

Henry St. Clair
Baron of Roslin
Sinclair, Baron of Roslin coat of arms
Predecessor	William St. Clair, 6th Baron of Roslin
Successor	William St Clair, 8th Baron of Roslin
Died	c. 1335
Noble family	Clan Sinclair
Spouse(s)	Alice de Fenton
Father	William St. Clair, 6th Baron of Roslin
Mother	Agnes Dunbar (maybe)

Sir Henry St Clair was a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish noble, who was the 7th Baron of Roslin and Lord of Catcune.

Biography

Henry was the son of William St. Clair and wife, maybe Agnes Dunbar. ^[1] He fought at the Battle of Dunbar on 27 April 1296, where he and his father William were captured and he became a prisoner of King Edward I of England at St Briavels Castle. Henry was later exchanged for William FitzWarin in a prisoner exchange. ^[2]

St Clair was the Sheriff of Lanark in 1305. Fought with his two sons John and William at the Battle of Bannockburn on 23–24 June 1314. King Robert I of Scotland rewarded him for his bravery with the gift of Pentland, the forest of Pentland Moor, Morton and Mortonhall. He was one of the Scottish nobles who in 1320 signed the Declaration of Arbroath. ^[3] He died around 1335.

Family and issue

Henry married Alice de Fenton, daughter of Sir William de Fenton of Baikie and Beaufort and wife Cecilia Bissett, and is known to have had the following issue:

• Sir William (d. 1330), who left a son, Sir William St Clair, 8th Baron of Roslin (d. 1358), who married Isabella (Isobel) of Strathearn, daughter of Malise V, Earl of Strathearn, and his second wife Marjory of Ross; ^[4] and
• John (d. 1330).

See also

• Lord Sinclair
• Earl of Caithness
• Lord Herdmanston

References

1. People of Medieval Scotland - Henry Sinclair (d.c.1330)
2. Armstrong, Peter (2003). Stirling Bridge and Falkirk 1297–98 - William Wallace's rebellion (Campaign 117). Osprey Publishing. p. 56. ISBN   9781841765105.
3. Paul, James Balfour (1909). The Scots Peerage : Founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. VI. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p.  565-566. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
4. Saint-Clair, Roland (1898). The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the Sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair. Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand: H. Brett. p.  284-285. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by William St. Clair	Barony of Roslin 1297–1331	Succeeded by William St Clair