Sinclair family genealogy
Arms of the Earldom of Orkney: Az. a ship at anchor, oars in saltire and sails furled, within a double tressure flory counterflory or. Arms of the Earldom of Caithness: Az. a ship under sail or, the sails ar. These two feudal coats are marshalled with Sinclair[1], of Rosslyn, in different ways by the Earls of Orkney and their descendants.
Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, mar. Isabel, dau. of Donald, Earl of Mar, and had:
2. Margery, who mar. Walter Stewart, and had:
- King Robert II., of whom presently.
- John Stewart, ancestor of the Dukes of Montrose.
3. King Robert II. (d. 1390) mar. and had:
4. Egidia, who married William Douglas, Lord Middisdaley, and had:
5. Egidia, who m. Henry Sinclair, second Earl of Orkney (d. 1418), and had:
6. William, first Earl of Caithness, who mar., and had:
7. William (d. at Hodden, 1513), second Earl of Caithness, who mar., and had:
8. George (d. 1529), the third Earl, who mar., and had:
9. George, the fourth Earl (d. 1582), who mar., and had:
10. John (d. 1577), Master of Caithness, who mar., and had:
11. Sir James, of Murchill (the second son), who mar., and had:
12. Sir James (younger son), who mar. and had:
13. Rev. James Sinclair, of Holyhill, Tyrone, who mar., and had:
14. Anne Sinclair, who mar., Robert Lowry, ancestor of the Earl of Belmore, and had:
15. Catherine Lowry, who mar. George Perry,[2] and had:
16. George Perry, of Seskinore, who mar. Isabella, dau. of Hector Graham, of Leix Castle and Culmaine (who, see p. 233, ante, is No. 7 on the “Graham” (No. 2) pedigree), and had:
17. Captain Edward Perry, who mar. Margaret Perry, his first cousin (whose mother was Angel Sinclair, of Holyhill, of the Caithness family) and had:
18. Angel Perry, who m. William Brooke, M.D., of Dromevana, Dublin, and of Culmaine House, co. Monaghan (see No. 9 on the “Brooke,” No. 2 pedigree, p. 71, ante), and had the issue there mentioned. Said William Brooke was b. 1769, and d. 1829.
Notes
[1] Sinclair: This name is sometimes rendered St. Clair.
[2] Perry: This George Perry was descended from Captain George Perry (who came to Ireland in 1639), son of James Perry, Esq., of the county of Gloucester. The Armorial Bearings of this branch of the “Perry” family, allowed by Ulster, in 1773, were: Arms: Quarterly, gu. and or, on a bend ar. three lions pass. guard, sa. Crest: A hind’s head couped ar. holding in the mouth a pear branch fructed ppr.