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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[SINCLAIR 
Bar. He had inherited at the age of sixteen his father’s 
estates in Caithness, and in 1780 became . Member of Parlia- 
ment for the county, devoting considerable attention to 
politics. In 1786 he received a baronetcy, and about this 
time, as president of a special committee of the Highland 
Society, was investigating the comparative merits of the wool 
of different breeds of sheep, and to him belongs the credit 
of having got the Government to organise the Board of 
Agriculture. For his Statistical Account of Scotland he 
memorialised all the parish ministers of Scotland for informa- 
tion on the natural history, population, and productions of 
their respective parishes. His other writings are of an agri- 
cultural nature. In 1810 he was appointed Commissioner 
of Excise, a lucrative post. He died December 21, 1835, 
and was buried in Holyrood Chapel. 
1791[-99.] The | Statistical Account | of | Scotland. | Drawn up from 
the communications | of the | Ministers | of the | Different 
Parishes. | By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. | Volume First [-Twenty- 
First]. | [Quotation.] | Edinburgh : | Printed and sold by William 
Creech : | [etc. 4 lines] | m,dcc,xci[-ix]. 
21 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. (1791) — p. 5, [Birds of] Jedburgh Parish, 
Roxburghshire, by Thos. Somerville; pp. 60-61, Kirkmichael Par., 
Dumfries, by Dr. Burgess ; p. 67, Sprouston Par., Roxburgh, 
by R. Turnbull ; p. 113, Ballantrae Par., Ayrshire, by ; 
p. 132, Linton Par., Peeblesshire, by T. Findlater ; p. 310, 
Kingarth Par., Buteshire, by Jas. Thorburn ; p. 407, Delting 
Par., Orkney, by John Morrison ; p. 437, Carmylie Par., Forfar, 
by Patrick Bryce ; p. 487, Lismore and Appin Par., Argyleshire, 
by D. McNichol. 
Vol. II. (1792) — pp. 36-7,. [Birds of] Lochrutton Par., Kirk- 
cudbright, by Geo. Duncan ; p. 57, Colmonell Par., Ayrshire, 
by Jas. Mochrie ; p. 72, Galston Par., Ayrshire, by Geo. Smith ; 
p. 117, Eaglesham Par., Renfrewshire, by Alex. Dobbie ; pp. 
147-8, Neilston Par., Renfrewshire, by John Monteath ; p. 210, 
Hamilton Par., Lanark, by John Naismith ; pp. 287-91, Moffat 
Par., Dumfries and Lanark, by Alex. Brown ; p. 306, Galashiels 
Par., Roxburgh and Selkirk, by Dr. Douglas ; pp. 339-42, Glen- 
cairn Par., Dumfries, by Wm. Grierson ; pp. 437-48, Selkirk Par., 
Selkirk, by T. Robertson ; pp. 463-79, Blair Athole & Strowan 
Par., Perthshire, by J. Maclagan ; pp. 549-50, Kilmuir Par., 
Isle of Skye, by Donald Martin. 
Vol. III. (1792) — p. 6, [Birds of] Dingwall Par., Ross-shire, by 
Dan. Rose ; p. 79, Anstruther Par., Fife, by Jas. Forrester ; 
