Peerage Record – 5647

     Edith Lilian Hamilton was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert William Hamilton and Charlotte Maria Palmer.¹ She married Norman Alexander Sinclair, son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Young Sinclair and Margaret Crichton Alston, on 29 January 1898.² She died on 28 April 1951.²
     Her married name became Sinclair.

     Norman Alexander Sinclair was born on 29 July 1869.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. Alexander Young Sinclair and Margaret Crichton Alston.² He married Edith Lilian Hamilton, daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert William Hamilton and Charlotte Maria Palmer, on 29 January 1898.² He died on 11 May 1904 at age 34.²

     Helen Violet Hamilton is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert William Hamilton and Charlotte Maria Palmer.¹ She married Joseph Forman on 25 March 1912.¹ She and Joseph Forman were divorced in 1924.¹
     Helen Violet Hamilton usually went by her middle name of Violet. Her married name became Forman.

     Joseph Forman married Helen Violet Hamilton, daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert William Hamilton and Charlotte Maria Palmer, on 25 March 1912.¹ He and Helen Violet Hamilton were divorced in 1924.¹

     Lt.-Col. Alexander Young Sinclair was born on 16 February 1824.¹ He was the son of Sir John Sinclair of Barrock, 6th Bt. and Margaret Learmonth. He married Margaret Crichton Alston, daughter of James Alston, on 26 June 1861.¹ He died on 3 February 1871 at age 46 at Jeypore, Bombay, India^G.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Bombay Army.¹

     Margaret Crichton Alston was the daughter of James Alston.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Alexander Young Sinclair, son of Sir John Sinclair of Barrock, 6th Bt. and Margaret Learmonth, on 26 June 1861.² She died on 12 March 1909.²
     Her married name became Sinclair.

     Sir John Sinclair of Barrock, 6th Bt. was born on 16 September 1794.¹ He was the son of John Sinclair, 4th of Barrock and Ann Longmire.² He married Margaret Learmonth, daughter of John Learmonth, in July 1821.¹ He died on 21 April 1873 at age 78.¹
     He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Sinclair, of Dunbeath, co. Caithness [N.S., 1704] on 1 October 1842.¹

     Margaret Learmonth was the daughter of John Learmonth. She married Sir John Sinclair of Barrock, 6th Bt., son of John Sinclair, 4th of Barrock and Ann Longmire, in July 1821.² She died on 29 November 1879.²
     Her married name became Sinclair.

     John Learmonth lived at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.²

     Sir Ronald Norman John Charles Udny Sinclair of Dunbeath, 8th Bt. was born on 30 June 1899.¹ He was the son of Norman Alexander Sinclair and Edith Lilian Hamilton.¹ He married Reba Blair Inglis, daughter of Anthony Inglis, on 5 January 1926.¹ He died on 19 October 1952 at age 53.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the 4th/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Territorial Army.)¹ He succeeded as the 8th Baronet Sinclair, of Dunbeath, co. Caithness [N.S., 1704] on 3 November 1926.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Caithness.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Caithness.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹