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Sinclair family, Earls of Caithness

This page summarises records created by this Family

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date: 1500-1902
Places:
  • Dunbeath, Caithness-shire
  • Murkle, Caithness-shire
  • Reay, Caithness-shire
  • Thurso, Caithness-shire
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/F82616 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F4378 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1637-1775: Caithness-shire (Reay, Thurso, etc) estate and Sinclair family papers
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
MS 3175/194 201, 209-217, 232-56
NRA 35370 Duff
2
16th-17th cent: Caithness-shire (Reay, Thurso, etc) writs, financial and estate papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD112/58
NRA 31601 Campbell

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [14a]
3
c1527-1790: writs of the earldom of Caithness
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS 3958
NRA 43315 Mackenzie
4
1798-1902: Sinclair family corresp and papers
Highland Archives: Caithness Archive Centre
HRA/P40
See Guide to the Highland Council Archive p96
5
1476: resignation in favour of William, Earl of Caithness and Lord de St Clare, Lands of Noss, per Oliver Sinclair one of the sons of the said Earl
Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives (Caithness Archives)
GB1741/P957
See Annual Return 2022