Sinclair-Lockhart Baronets
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The Sinclair, later Sinclair-Lockhart Baronetcy, of Murkle in the County of Caithness and of Stevenson in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 18 June 1636 for John Sinclair, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. The third Baronet was a Baron of the Exchequer and member of the Privy Council of Scotland
. The fourth Baronet married Martha, daughter and eventual heiress of Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill, a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord Castlehill. The eighth Baronet was an Admiral in the Royal Navy
. On the death in 1899 of his son, the ninth Baronet, the title passed to a descendant of James Sinclair, younger son of the fifth Baronet, who in 1764 had inherited the Lockhart estates and assumed the surname of Lockhart. The tenth Baronet was a Major-General in the British Army
and assumed the additional surname of Lockhart. The eleventh Baronet was the son of George Duncan Lockhart (whose grandfather had assumed the surname of Lockhart in lieu of his patronymic), another descendant of James, younger son of the fifth Baronet.
Privy Council of Scotland
The Privy Council of Scotland was a body that advised the King.In the range of its functions the council was often more important than the Estates in the running the country. Its registers include a wide range of material on the political, administrative, economic and social affairs of Scotland...
. The fourth Baronet married Martha, daughter and eventual heiress of Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill, a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord Castlehill. The eighth Baronet was an Admiral in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
. On the death in 1899 of his son, the ninth Baronet, the title passed to a descendant of James Sinclair, younger son of the fifth Baronet, who in 1764 had inherited the Lockhart estates and assumed the surname of Lockhart. The tenth Baronet was a Major-General in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
and assumed the additional surname of Lockhart. The eleventh Baronet was the son of George Duncan Lockhart (whose grandfather had assumed the surname of Lockhart in lieu of his patronymic), another descendant of James, younger son of the fifth Baronet.
Sinclair, later Sinclair-Lockhart Baronets, of Murkle and Stevenson (1636)
- Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet (d. 1649
- Sir John Sinclair, 2nd Baronet (1642–1652)
- Sir Robert Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (1643–1713)
- Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet (d. 1726)
- Sir Robert Sinclair, 5th Baronet (d. 1754)
- Sir John Sinclair, 6th Baronet (d. 1789)
- Sir Robert Sinclair, 7th Baronet (d. 1795)
- Sir John Gordon Sinclair, 8th Baronet (1790–1863)
- Sir Robert Charles Sinclair, 9th Baronet (1820–1899)
- Sir Graeme Alexander Sinclair-Lockhart, 10th Baronet (1820–1904)
- Sir Robert Duncan Sinclair-Lockhart, 11th Baronet (1856–1919)
- Sir Graeme Duncan Power Sinclair-Lockhart, 12th Baronet (1897–1959)
- Sir John Beresford Sinclair-Lockhart, 13th Baronet (1904–1970)
- Sir Muir Edward Sinclair-Lockhart, 14th Baronet (1906–1985)
- Sir Simon John Edward Francis Sinclair-Lockhart, 15th Baronet (b. 1941)