Michael Rhodes
2004-04-06 13:52:12 UTC
Major the 17th Lord Sinclair, CVO, late the Coldstream Guards, Extra
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1953-2002; Lord
Lieutenant, Dumfries & Galloway Region (District of Stewartry)
1982-89, has died aged 89.
His ancestor, William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney (created 1379); was
created a Lord of Parliament as Lord Sinclair circa 1449; was further
created Earl of Caithness, 1455, resigned the Earldom of Orkney to the
Crown about 1470, and the Earldom of Caithness later.
Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair was born 21 June, 1914, the only son
of the 16th Lord Sinclair, MVO, (1875-1957), Extra Equerry to Prince
Arthur of Connaught, 1914-38, by his wife Violet Frances, daughter of
Colonel John Murray Kennedy, MVO, and was educated at Eton and
Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Career: served in the War of 1939-45, in Palestine (where he was
wounded and mentioned in despatches); retired as Major Coldstream
Guards 1947; Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, 1949-57; York Herald
1957-68, retired; succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father,
1957; a representative peer for Scotland 1959-63; Deputy Lieutenant
for Kirkcudbrightshire, 1969; Vice-Lord Lieutenant for Dumfries &
Galloway, 1977-82; Member Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal
Company of Archers).
Lord Sinclair was appointed LVO 1953; CVO 1990.
He married in 1968, Anne Lettice, younger daughter of Sir Richard
Cotterell, 5th Baronet, CBE, by whom he had one son and two daughters,
Laura and Annabel.
The peerage now devolves upon his only son, the Hon. Matthew Murray
Kennedy St Clair, Master of Sinclair, who was born 9 December, 1968.
The Daily Telegraph death notice, 5 April, 2004, contained no date of
death.
---Michael (please delete x to e-mail me)
Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1953-2002; Lord
Lieutenant, Dumfries & Galloway Region (District of Stewartry)
1982-89, has died aged 89.
His ancestor, William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney (created 1379); was
created a Lord of Parliament as Lord Sinclair circa 1449; was further
created Earl of Caithness, 1455, resigned the Earldom of Orkney to the
Crown about 1470, and the Earldom of Caithness later.
Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair was born 21 June, 1914, the only son
of the 16th Lord Sinclair, MVO, (1875-1957), Extra Equerry to Prince
Arthur of Connaught, 1914-38, by his wife Violet Frances, daughter of
Colonel John Murray Kennedy, MVO, and was educated at Eton and
Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Career: served in the War of 1939-45, in Palestine (where he was
wounded and mentioned in despatches); retired as Major Coldstream
Guards 1947; Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, 1949-57; York Herald
1957-68, retired; succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father,
1957; a representative peer for Scotland 1959-63; Deputy Lieutenant
for Kirkcudbrightshire, 1969; Vice-Lord Lieutenant for Dumfries &
Galloway, 1977-82; Member Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal
Company of Archers).
Lord Sinclair was appointed LVO 1953; CVO 1990.
He married in 1968, Anne Lettice, younger daughter of Sir Richard
Cotterell, 5th Baronet, CBE, by whom he had one son and two daughters,
Laura and Annabel.
The peerage now devolves upon his only son, the Hon. Matthew Murray
Kennedy St Clair, Master of Sinclair, who was born 9 December, 1968.
The Daily Telegraph death notice, 5 April, 2004, contained no date of
death.
---Michael (please delete x to e-mail me)