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Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1449 for William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. In 1470, Lord Orkney surrendered the earldom in return for the Earl of Caithness. The Lordship of Sinclair passed in a different line from the Earldom of Caithness, however. At the death of the tenth Lord, the title could not be inherited because the heir to the title, John, Master of Sinclair, had previously been attained by the Sovereign. However, when the Master of Sinclair's line died out in 1762, the title could be inherited by a member of a different branch of the family.

Lords Sinclair (1449)

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