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