SINCLAIR, George of Mey 2nd Chancellor of Caithness

1555 - Abt 1616  (61 years)

• Name	SINCLAIR, George  [1]
  Suffix	of Mey 2nd Chancellor of Caithness
  Born	1555	Latheron, Caithness, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1616	Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland
  Person ID	I8512	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	SINCLAIR, George 4th Earl Caithness,   b. 14 Jul 1527, Duffus Moray, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 9 Sep 1582, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	GRAHAM, Lady Elizabeth Countess of Caithness,   b. 1506, Moray, Inverness-shire, , Scotland ,   d. 4 Apr 1576, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1543	Caithness, Scotland
  Family ID	F1359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	SINCLAIR, George 4th Earl of Caithness,   b. 14 Jul 1527, Duffus, Moray, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. 9 Sep 1582, Edingburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	GRAHAM, Lady Elizabeth Countess of Caithness,   b. 1506, Moray, Inverness-shire, , Scotland ,   d. 4 Apr 1576, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1543	Roslin, Caithness, Orkney, Islands, Scotland
  Family ID	F3668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FORBES, Margaret,   b. 14 Oct 1557, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 7 May 1889, Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland  (Age 331 years)
  Married	1578	Scotland
  Children	1. SINCLAIR, Sir William,   b. 1577, Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland ,   d. 1636, Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland  (Age 59 years)  [natural]   2. SINCLAIR GEANIES AND DUNBEATH, John,   b. 1580, Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland ,   d. 1595  (Age 15 years)  [natural]   3. SINCLAIR, Elizabeth Nee,   b. 1588, Suffolk, England ,   d. England  [natural]   4. SINCLAIR, Janet,   b. 1590,   d. 20 Dec 1681, Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland  (Age 91 years)  [natural]   5. SINCLAIR, Margaret,   b. 1590, Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland  [natural]   6. SINCLAIR LATHERON, Alexander,   b. 1596, Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F2272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Castle of Mey Submitted by kbemman22 Description The lands of Mey belonged to the Bishops of Caithness. The Castle of Mey was built between 1566 and 1572, possibly on the site of an earlier fortification, by George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness. Originally a Z-plan tower house of three storeys, it had a projecting wing at the south-east, and a square tower at the north-west. The Castle passed to George Sinclair's younger son William, founder of the Sinclairs of Mey, although it later became the seat of the Earls. The Castle's name was changed to Barrogill, and it was extended several times, in the 17th and 18th centuries, and again in 1821 when Tudor Gothic style alterations were made, to designs by William Burn. Barrogill passed out of the Sinclair family in 1889, on the death of the 15th Earl, and in 1928 it was purchased by Captain Imbert-Terry. The Castle was used as an officers'rest home during the Second World War, and in 1950 the estate farms were sold offThe castle was in a semi-derelict state when, in 1952, it and its policies were purchased by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the widow of King George VI, who had died earlier in the year. The Queen Mother set about restoring the castle for use as a holiday home, removing some of the 19th-century additions, and reinstating the Castle's original name. She regularly visited it in August and October from 1955 until her death in March 2002, the last visit being in October 2001. In July 1996 The Queen Mother made the property, the policies and the farm over to the Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust, which has opened the castle and garden to the public regularly since her death. It is now open seven days a week from 1 May until 30 September each year, with a closed period of ten days at the end of July and the beginning of August, when Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay usually stay at Mey.

  
  

• Sources

  [S308] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Tree.