Sinclair, George, Sir (politician and author, 2nd Baronet of Ulbster)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1790 - 1868
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letter of George Sinclair to William Smith.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14424
Scope and Contents
On the subject of financial ruin.
Dates:
1819.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Silvestrini-Tournier., 1810-1823, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43508
Scope and Contents
The letters to Lord Byron have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the wrapper of Sir George Sinclair had been housed in Ms.43449. It was moved to f.7 of this folder on cataloguing.Letters of Francesca (Fanny) Silvestrini to Lord Byron, 1819 and undated: folios 1-6;Wrapper of a letter probably of Sir George Sinclair to Lord Byron, 1813: folio 7;Letters of Constance...
Dates:
1810-1823, undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Sinclair, C. to Sinclair, J.
File
Identifier: MS.41094
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The incoming correspondence consists of letters of individuals and companies sent to John Murray, publishers, mostly relating to the business, but also including private letters. The correspondence largely covers the period from the 1760s to the 1920s. Where enclosures exist, they have been kept with their original letters. This series contains most of the extant letters received by the publishing house up to the 1920s, but others are to be found throughout the archive. One...
Dates:
18th century-20th century
"Mr. Alexander Sinclair's Journal" of a visit to Caithness on which he accompanied his father, Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, of Ulbster, and his brother George Sinclair.
Item
Identifier: MS.3090
Scope and Contents
The Sinclair's route from Edinburgh was by Stirling, Dunira, Weem, Aviemore, Beauly, and Golspie to Wick and Thurso, and they returned by Elgin, Peterhead, Aberdeen, and Kinross. The writer, aged 15, chiefly describes things of personal interest, such as food and social activities. He refers to Sir John's interests in road-building and herring-fisheries.
Dates:
July-September 1809.
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- Letters. Correspondence. 2
- Copies. Derivative objects. 1
- Poetry. 1
- Travel journals. 1