Genealogie of the Sainteclaires of Rosslyn
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INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. xi
barony with the precedence of 1488, neither he or his imme-
diate predecessors would claim any right by descent from that
branch of the Saintclairs, in which the honours originated.
This arose out of the following circumstances : —
Henry Saintclair of Dysart, was created a Baron in the reign
of King James the Fourth,* and his male descendants continu-
ed to inherit that honour till the reign of Charles the Second,
when John, seventh Lord Sinclair, having died in the year
1676, leaving one daughter, Catherine, who was married to
John Saintclair Fiar of Hermandston, a grant from the Crown
of the honours was obtained (1st June 1677), in favour of her
son, Henry Saintclair, and the heirs-male of his body ; re-
mainder to John Saintclair, brother of the said Henry Saint-
clair, and the heirs-male of his body ; remainder to Robert
Saintclair, brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, and
the heirs-male of his body ; remainder to George Saintclair,
another brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, and
the heirs-male of his body ; remainder to Mathew Saintclair,
another brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, and the
heirs-male of his body ; remainder to the nearest lawful heir-
male of the said Henry, grandson to the said John, the sixth
Lord Sinclair j\ This new patent conferred all the honours,
dignities, and precedency in Parliaments and General Assem-
blies of the States, as fully and freely as the said title was en-
joyed by John, the seventh Lord, or any of his predecessors.
* 26th January 1488-9. See Act of Scotish Parliament,
t See Case for Charles Saintclair, Esq. claiming the title of Lord Sinclair,
1782, folio.
barony with the precedence of 1488, neither he or his imme-
diate predecessors would claim any right by descent from that
branch of the Saintclairs, in which the honours originated.
This arose out of the following circumstances : —
Henry Saintclair of Dysart, was created a Baron in the reign
of King James the Fourth,* and his male descendants continu-
ed to inherit that honour till the reign of Charles the Second,
when John, seventh Lord Sinclair, having died in the year
1676, leaving one daughter, Catherine, who was married to
John Saintclair Fiar of Hermandston, a grant from the Crown
of the honours was obtained (1st June 1677), in favour of her
son, Henry Saintclair, and the heirs-male of his body ; re-
mainder to John Saintclair, brother of the said Henry Saint-
clair, and the heirs-male of his body ; remainder to Robert
Saintclair, brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, and
the heirs-male of his body ; remainder to George Saintclair,
another brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, and
the heirs-male of his body ; remainder to Mathew Saintclair,
another brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, and the
heirs-male of his body ; remainder to the nearest lawful heir-
male of the said Henry, grandson to the said John, the sixth
Lord Sinclair j\ This new patent conferred all the honours,
dignities, and precedency in Parliaments and General Assem-
blies of the States, as fully and freely as the said title was en-
joyed by John, the seventh Lord, or any of his predecessors.
* 26th January 1488-9. See Act of Scotish Parliament,
t See Case for Charles Saintclair, Esq. claiming the title of Lord Sinclair,
1782, folio.
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