William St Clair | |
|---|---|
| Baron of Roslin | |
 Baron of Roslin coat of arms | |
| Predecessor | William St Clair, 14th Baron of Roslin |
| Successor | William St Clair, 16th Baron of Roslin |
| Died | 1610 |
| Noble family | Clan Sinclair |
| Father | William St Clair |
| Mother | Lindeasy, daughter of the Laird of Egle |
William St Clair (died 1610) was a Scottish nobleman and the 15th Baron of Roslin.
He was the second son of William St Clair, 14th Baron of Roslin, who according to Alexander Nisbet's a System of Heraldry, had married Isabel, daughter of Ker of Cessford, [1] but who according to Father Richard Augustine Hay's manuscript of 1690, had married Lindeasy, daughter of the Laird of Egle, brother of the Earl of Crawford, with whom he had William. [2] [3]
William St Clair, 15th Baron of Roslin was the first Hereditary Grandmaster of the Scottish Order of Freemasons which was constituted to him by charter. His elder brother, Edward, had conveyed to him the baronies of Roslin and Herbertshire in 1582. He built the great vaults and turnpikes of Roslin Castle. He also built one of the arches of the drawbridge and the tower of the dungeon. His initials appear in a stone dated 1596 which was when the work to the castle was finished. [3]
In 1601, he received a charter from Henry Saintcler the Provost of Roslin for the church lands. In 1612, he resigned his lands lying within the earldom of Caithness. [3]
He married Jean or Janet Edmonstone, daughter of the Laird Of that Ilk, with whom he had a son, William St Clair, 16th Baron of Roslin. [3]
Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin was a Scottish noblesse. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney and was Lord High Admiral of Scotland under the King of Scotland. He was sometimes identified by another spelling of his surname, St. Clair. He was the grandfather of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, the builder of Rosslyn Chapel. He is best known today because of a modern legend that he took part in explorations of Greenland and North America almost 100 years before Christopher Columbus. William Thomson, in his book The New History of Orkney, wrote: "It has been Earl Henry's singular fate to enjoy an ever-expanding posthumous reputation which has very little to do with anything he achieved in his lifetime."
William Sinclair (1410–1480), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), last Earl (Jarl) of Orkney, 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin was a Norwegian and Scottish nobleman and the builder of Rosslyn Chapel, in Midlothian.
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.
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.
Roslin Castle is a partially ruined castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located around 9 mi (14 km) south of Edinburgh, on the north bank of the North Esk, only a few hundred metres from the famous Rosslyn Chapel.
Baron of Roslin or Rosslyn was a Scottish feudal barony held by the St Clair or Sinclair family.
John Sinclair was a Scottish nobleman, 3rd Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.
George Sinclair was a Scottish nobleman, the 4th Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.
John Sinclair, Master of Caithness was a Scottish nobleman.
William St. Clair, 6th Baron of Roslin was a Scottish nobleman of the late 13th century.
William Sinclair of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire was a Scottish nobleman and the 3rd Lord Sinclair. In The Scots Peerage by James Balfour Paul he is designated as the 2nd Lord Sinclair, but historian Roland Saint-Clair designates him the 3rd Lord Sinclair in reference to his descent from his grandfather, Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, the first Lord Sinclair. Roland Saint-Clair references this to an Act of the Scottish Parliament in which William Sinclair's son, Henry Sinclair, 4th Lord Sinclair, was made Lord Sinclair based on his descent from his great-grandfather, Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, the first Lord Sinclair. Bernard Burke, in his a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, agrees with Roland Saint-Clair and says that Henry Sinclair was "in reality" the fourth holder of the title of Lord Sinclair.
Oliver St Clair was a Scottish noble and the 12th Baron of Roslin.
William St Clair was a Scottish noble and by tradition the 8th Baron of Roslin.
William St Clair was a Scottish noble and the 13th Baron of Roslin.
William St Clair was a Scottish nobleman and the 14th Baron of Roslin.
William St Clair was a Scottish nobleman and the 16th Baron of Roslin.
John St Clair was a Scottish nobleman and the 17th Baron of Roslin.
James St Clair was a Scottish nobleman and the 18th Baron of Roslin.
Alexander St Clair (1672–1706) was the 19th Baron of Roslin.
Lord Herdmanston was a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was held by the Sinclair or St Clair family.
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