Sir James Sinclair of Mey, 3rd Baronet

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James Sinclair

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Death: 1708 (50-51)
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Son of Sir William Sinclair of Mey, 2nd Baronet and Margaret Mackenzie
Husband of Frances Sinclair and Jean Sinclair
Father of Sir James Sinclair of Mey, 4th Baronet and Margaret Sinclair
Brother of Elizabeth Sinclair and Barbara Sinclair

Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About Sir James Sinclair of Mey, 3rd Baronet

Biographical Summary

"Sir James Sinclair, Baronet [S 1631] of Mey and Canisbay, son and heir; succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father. He married Jane, sister and (in 1698) heir of George, Earl of Caithness [S], daughter of the Hon. Francis Sinclair, of Keiss, Tister, and Northfield. He was unjustly ejected from the Keiss and other of his wife's estates, by the Earl of Breadalbane [S], who claimed them under a disposition made in 1672, by George, the then Earl of Caithness [S]. He was living 1704."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 390