CAITHNESS 483 was ^.31 Oct. 1766, at Barrogill Castle, co. Caithness, and sue. his father in the Baronetcy, 26 Mar. 1774. He did not assume the Earldom till 4 May 1793, when his right was found good by the House of Lords.(*) Rep. Peer [S.] 1807-18. Lord Lieut, of co. Caithness 1794 till his death. Postmaster Gen. [S.] 181 1 till his death. Hew., 2 Jan. 1784, at Thurso Castle, Jean, 2nd da. of Gen. Alexander Campbell, of Barcaldine, Dep. Gov. of Fort St. George, by Helen, da. of George Sinclair, of Ulbster, co. Caith- ness. He d. 16 July 1823, at Barrogill Castle. His widow d. 2 Apr, 1853, at Edinburgh, aged 84, and was iur. at Canongate. [John Sinclair, J/yZ?^ Lord Berriedale, s. and h. ap., ^. 20 July 1788; d. unm., in his 14th year, i June 1802, at Barrogill Castle.] XXXIII. 1823. 13. Alexander Campbell (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness [S.], 2nd but ist. surv. s. and h., b. 24 July 1790, at Barrogill Castle; sometime (1807) an officer in the army. Lord Lieut, of CO. Caithness, 1823 till his death. He m., 22 Nov. 18 13, at Mort- lake, Surrey, Frances Harriet, yst. da. and coh. of William Leigh, of Rushall Hall, co. Stafford, Dean of Hereford. She d. 23 Aug. 1854, at 17 Rutland Sq., Edinburgh. Admon. 6 Nov. 1858, under ;^450. He d. there 24 Dec. 1855, aged 65. XXXIV. 1855. 14. James (Sinclair), Earl OF Caithness [S.], s. and h., i>. 16 Dec. 1 82 1, at Edinburgh. Lord Lieut, of co. Caithness, 1856 till his death. A Lord in Waiting 1856-58 and 1859-66. Rep. Peer [S.] (Liberal) 1858-68. F.R.S. 22 Nov. 1862. On i May 1866 he was cr. BARON BARROGILL of Barrogill Castle, co. Caith- ness.C') He m., istly, 17 July 1847, ^t St. Geo., Han. Sq., Louisa Georgiana, 3rd and yst. da. and coh. of Sir George Richard Philips, Bart., of Weston, co. Warwick, by Sarah Georgiana, da. of Richard (Cavendish), Baron Waterpark [I.]. She d. 31 July 1870, at Barrogill Castle. Admon. 12 Dec. 1870, under ;^ 1,000. He m., 2ndly, 6 Mar. 1872, at Windsor Str., Edinburgh, Marie, Duch esse de Pomar (so cr. in 1 8 79 by Pope Leo XIII), widow of Gen. the Count de Medina Pomar, da. of Jose de Mariategui. He d. 28 Mar. 1881, in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, U.S.A., and was ^ur. in the Chapel Royal, Holyrood, co. Edin- (^) In Scotland a peerage vests by simple survivance, and, therefore, although he did not assume the Earldom in 1789, the freeholders of his county objected to his vote as a Commoner, and were allowed by the Court of Session 2 Feb. 1790 "to prove that Sinclair of Mey has sue. to the title of Ead of Caithness." As, however, shortly after- wards, he resolved to assert his status as a Peer, the case was not further proceeded with. (*>) As to the choice of this title, one apparently selected purposely to hide the iden- tity of the grantee, see note sub John, Earl of Enniskillen [1803]. V.G.
