SINCLAIR, George Philips Alexander Lord Berriedale

1858 - 1889  (30 years)

• Name	SINCLAIR, George Philips Alexander Lord Berriedale
  Born	30 Nov 1858	Berkeley Square, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 May 1889	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I7984	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	SINCLAIR, James 14th Earl of Caithness,   b. 16 Dec 1821, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 28 May 1881, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	PHILIPS, Louisa Georgiana,   b. 27 Feb 1827, London, England ,   d. 31 Jul 1870, Castle of Mey (Barrogill Castle), Caithness, Scotland  (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	17 Jul 1847	St George, Hanover Square, London, England
  Family ID	F5229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Philips Alexander Sinclair, 15th Earl of Caithness (30 November 1858 – 28 May 1889), was a Scottish aristocrat. Life George Sinclair was the eldest son of James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness and his first wife Louisa Georgiana Philips. He was educated privately and at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1] On 28 March 1881 he succeeded his father as Earl of Caithness and 2nd Baron Barrogill. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Caithness from 1881 until his death in 1889. Suffering from epilepsy throughout his short life, his illness killed him at the age of 30. He died following an epiletic seizure at the Palace Hotel in Edinburgh. He never married and did not have any children. By his will, the 15th Earl bequeathed the Castle of Mey and its lands and estates out of the hands of the Sinclairs leaving the future Earls of Caithness without a family seat. He left it all to his friend, Mr F. G. Heathcote on the condition that he took the name of Sinclair (which he did) and that he lived in the Castle for at least 3 months of each year (which he also did). References 1 Jump up ^ "Sinclair, George Philips Alexander, Lord Berriedal (SNCR877GP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. • Mosley, Charles (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, p. 645, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 • The Peerage.com