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Lady Margaret Sinclair

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Lady Margaret Sinclair
Also Known As:	"Wife of James of Cragy"
Birthdate:	1400
Death:	1496 (95-97)
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney and Jean (Janet) Halyburton of Dirleton Wife of Sir James Leask Mother of William Leask; John Leask, Lisk, Lusk; Thomas Leask; Alexander Leask and James Leask Sister of Elizabeth Sinclair; John Sinclair, baillie of Shetland; daughter of Henry (#1) Sinclair; William Sinclair; daughter of Henry (#2) Sinclair and 5 others

Managed by:	Helena Rogers
Last Updated:	April 28, 2022

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Immediate Family

Sir James Leask

husband
William Leask

son
John Leask, Lisk, Lusk

son
Thomas Leask

son
Alexander Leask

son
James Leask

son
Jean (Janet) Halyburton of Dirleton

mother
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Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney

father
Elizabeth Sinclair

sister
John Sinclair, baillie of Shetland

brother
daughter of Henry (#1) Sinclair

sister
William Sinclair

brother

About Lady Margaret Sinclair

Margaret Sinclair is the daughter of Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney.2 She married James Leask, son of Thomas Leask of that Ilk.1

• In 1391, Thomas de Laysak (Lethe or Lask), a knight, (believed to be the second clan chief) witnessed a charter by Henry St. Clair, who became Earl of Orkney in 1379 when King Haakon VI granted the Orcadian Earldom to William Sinclair’s son Henry Sinclair (St. Clair). According to Brian Chalmers Leask, Thomas Leask’s son-James de Cragy or Jamis of Leask married Prince Henry’s daughter.

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Lady Margaret Sinclair's Timeline

1400	1400	Birth of Lady Margaret Sinclair
1430	1430	Birth of William Leask
1450	1450	Birth of John Leask, Lisk, Lusk Orkney, Orkney, Skottland, United Kingdom
1496	1496 Age 96	Death of Lady Margaret Sinclair
????		Birth of Thomas Leask
????		Birth of James Leask
????		Birth of Alexander Leask

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