719 Sir John Sinclair

Constituency : Caithness  1869-85

Sir  John  took  over  at  Caithness  after  the  resignation  of  George  Traill.

Sir  John  was  a  baronet's  son. His  grandfather  was  a  former  MP  for  the  seat. He  was  a  page  of  honour  for  Queen  Adelaide  as  a  child. He  was  educated  at  Cheam  and  Durham  University. He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Scots  Guards. he  had  a  large  estate  in  northern  Scotland.

Sir  John's  only  parliamentary  contributions  were  a  couple  of  questions  about  the  operation  of  the  Irish  Land  Bill  in  1870.

In  1874  Sir  John  had  a  majority  of  13  over  the  Conservative  candidate.

In  1885  Sir  John  stepped  down  for  his  son  Clarence  but  he  was  beaten  by  the  Crofters' candidate.

Apparently  Sir  John  was  the  earliest  born  person  to  make  a  gramophone  recording  in  1906.

Sir  John  died  in  1912  aged  86. He  is  a  direct  ancestor  of  the  current  Caithness  MP  John  Thurso.