Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (8 November 1825 – 30 September 1912) was a Scottish landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1885.
Born in Edinburgh in 1825, he was the son of Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Baronet, and Lady Catherine Camilla Tollemache, daughter of William Talmash, Lord Huntingtower. He was a Page of Honour for Queen Adelaide.
He served as a Lieutenant in the Scots Guards. In 1868. he succeeded his father to the baronetcy. He was Vice-Lieutenant for Caithness.
Sinclair was elected Member of Parliament for Caithness in 1869 and held the seat until 1885.[1] His majority of 13 over the Conservative candidate at the 1874 election is one of the smallest on record.[2] At the 1885 General election, his son Clarence succeeded him as Liberal candidate, but was defeated by Gavin Brown Clark, the Crofters' Party candidate.
Sinclair married Emma Standish, daughter of William Standish, Duxbury Park, Lancashire, and Cocken Hall, Durham in 1853. The couple had two son and two daughters. The marriage was dissolved in 1878.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, later Viscount Thurso.
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Sinclair was the earliest born person to have made a gramophone disc recording. He made titles for Columbia, Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd. and Odeon, all in 1906. [3]. He also commissioned a statue of Mary, Queen of Scots, at 143–144 Fleet Street, London. [4] He was educated at Cheam School and the University of Durham[5].
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| Preceded by George Traill |
Member of Parliament for Caithness 1869–1885 |
Succeeded by Gavin Brown Clark |
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| Preceded by Sir George Sinclair |
Baronet (of Ulbster) 1868–1912 |
Succeeded by Sir Archibald Sinclair |