Marjorie Sinclair, Baroness Pentland
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Marjorie Adeline Gordon Sinclair, Baroness Pentland (7 December 1880 – 26 July 1970) was the daughter of Sir John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
.
She was educated, mainly, by private tuition. She accompanied her parents to Canada, on the
appointment of her father as Governor-General, in 1893. As a child, she founded and edited Wee Willie Winkie
, a periodical for the young. She was interested in Canadian history, and assisted her parents and took part in the "Tableaux Historiques" given by them in Montreal, Quebec the historical fancy dress ball given at Ottawa, Ontario and the Victorian Era ball given at Toronto, Ontario. She was the first "May Queen
" elected to preside over the May Court Club at Ottawa, which she helped found.
After returning to England, she wrote a dramatized version, in five acts, of Scott's
"Fortunes of Nigel" and lectured. Her coming out ball was held at Haddo House, September 12th, 1899. She made her debut in London society at a ball given by her parents in Grosvenor Street, June 1901. She was presented at Court shortly thereafter. In April, 1903, her name
was announced as a candidate for the School Board at Methlick, Aberdeenshire.
She married John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
(b. 7 July 1860 - d. 11 January 1925) on 12 July 1904; they had two children:
She was invested as a DBE in 1917. She was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.).
She died on 26 July 1970, aged 89 from natural causes.
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, GBE was a Scottish author, philanthropist and an advocate of woman's interests.-Family:...
.
She was educated, mainly, by private tuition. She accompanied her parents to Canada, on the
appointment of her father as Governor-General, in 1893. As a child, she founded and edited Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie
"Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme, whose titular figure has become popular the world over as a personification of sleep. The poem, written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", was first published in Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside in 1841...
, a periodical for the young. She was interested in Canadian history, and assisted her parents and took part in the "Tableaux Historiques" given by them in Montreal, Quebec the historical fancy dress ball given at Ottawa, Ontario and the Victorian Era ball given at Toronto, Ontario. She was the first "May Queen
May Queen
The May Queen or Queen of May is a term which has two distinct but related meanings, as a mythical figure and as a holiday personification.-Festivals:...
" elected to preside over the May Court Club at Ottawa, which she helped found.
After returning to England, she wrote a dramatized version, in five acts, of Scott's
"Fortunes of Nigel" and lectured. Her coming out ball was held at Haddo House, September 12th, 1899. She made her debut in London society at a ball given by her parents in Grosvenor Street, June 1901. She was presented at Court shortly thereafter. In April, 1903, her name
was announced as a candidate for the School Board at Methlick, Aberdeenshire.
She married John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, GCSI, GCIE was a Scottish Liberal Party politician, soldier, peer, administrator and Privy Councillor who served as the Secretary of Scotland from 1905 to 1912 and the Governor of Madras from 1912 to 1919.Baron Pentland was born John Sinclair to Sir John...
(b. 7 July 1860 - d. 11 January 1925) on 12 July 1904; they had two children:
- Henry John Sinclair, 2nd and last Lord Pentland (1907 - 1984)
- Hon. Margaret Sinclair (1906 - ????)
She was invested as a DBE in 1917. She was also invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.).
She died on 26 July 1970, aged 89 from natural causes.
External links
- The Peerage.com
- Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, p. 11.