John Sinclair, Lord Murkle (died 5 June 1755) was a Scottish judge.
A son of John Sinclair, 8th Earl of Caithness and Janet Carmichael of the Hyndford family, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates on 7 February 1713. On 18 January 1721 he was appointed one of the Solicitors General for Scotland. He was elevated to the bench on the death of Sir William Calderwood of Polton on 3 November 1733, with the judicial title Lord Murkle. He died in Edinburgh on 5 June 1755.
An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice from its Institution in MDXXXII by George Brunton and David Haig, published by Thomas Clark MDCCCXXXII
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Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. According to James Balfour Paul's The Scots Peerage, volume VII published in 1910, the first person to be styled Lord Sinclair was William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and 1st Earl of Caithness. However, according to Roland Saint-Clair writing in the late 19th century, William Sinclair's father, Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, who died in 1420, is the first person recorded as Lord Sinclair by public records.
John Sinclair may refer to:
Olrig is a parish in Caithness, Scotland. The main settlement in the parish is Castletown. Prior to the 19th century, the parish was sub-divided into ten townlands or "fermlands". Townland boundaries were mostly disregarded and lost during the agricultural improvements in the 19th century, but many townland names remain identifiable with farmstead names ending with Mains.
Clan Sinclair is a Highland Scottish clan which holds the lands of Caithness, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians. The chiefs of the clan were the Barons of Roslin and later the Earls of Orkney and Earls of Caithness.
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (Shetland) was a recognised illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland, and his mistress Eupheme Elphinstone. Robert Stewart was half-brother to Mary, Queen of Scots and uncle to James VI and I of Scotland and England.
There have been seven baronetcies created for persons with the surname Sinclair, six in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Four of the creations are extant as of 2008.
The Battle of Leckmelm was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1586, in the Scottish Highlands. It was fought between the Clan Gunn against the Clan Sutherland, Mackays of Aberach and the MacLeods of Assynt.
Murkle (Murchill) is a small scattered hamlet, made up of East Murkle and West Murkle located one mile (1.6 km) east of Thurso, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Archibald Cockburn was a Scottish judge.
Sir Robert Charles Sinclair, 9th Baronet DL (1820–1899) was a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, the ninth of the Sinclair-Lockhart baronets of Murkle in the County of Caithness and of Stevenson in the County of Haddington.
Events from the year 1755 in Scotland.
John Sinclair, Master of Caithness was a Scottish nobleman.
George Sinclair, previously of Keiss, died 1698, was a Scottish nobleman, 7th Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.
John Sinclair was a Scottish nobleman, 8th Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.
Alexander Sinclair, 9th Earl of Caithness was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Highland Scottish clan in Caithness.
William Sinclair, 10th Earl of Caithness, was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Highland Scottish clan in Caithness.
Lord Herdmanston was a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was held by the Sinclair or St Clair family.
Lt.-Col. Charles St Clair, 13th Lord Sinclair was a Scottish noble and representative peer.
Andrew McDowall, Lord Bankton (1685–1760) was a Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice.
George Sinclair, Lord Woodhall also known as George Sinclair of Castlehill (c.1700–1764) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice.
