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Death Announcements 1832-1844
Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | Transcribed by | Steve Van Dulken | Comment | Death announcements from the "Gentleman's Magazine", a journal which is available on Google Books. Any deaths in India, or of deaths elsewhere where there was a mentioned link with India, are included. In a few lengthy obituaries the contents have been summarised by using square brackets. |
| Surname | Sinclair | | First names | John | | Rank/ occupation | Lieut.-General & Baronet | | Unit | Madras Service | | Death date | 1 Oct 1842 | | Place of death | London | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Edition | Apr 1843 | | Page number | 425 | | Detail | At Sussex Place, Hyde Park, Sir John Sinclair, the sixth Bart. of Dunbeath, co. Caithness, a Lieut.-General in the East India Company's Madras service. He was the only son of Sir Benjamin Sinclair, the fifth Baronet, whom he succeeded in the title, Oct. 26, 1796. He entered the East India Company's service on the Madras establishment in 1787, attained the rank of Colonel of the artillery, in 1824, the brevet rank of Major-General in 1830, and that of Lieut.-General in 18--. Sir John Sinclair married first, in 1803, Miss Nottley; and secondly in 1825, Miss Sarah Charlotte Carter. We are not informed whether he has left any heir to his title. |
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