Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness PC (* 3. November 1948 ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party , which after the entry into force of the House of Lords Act 1999 as one of 90 Erbpeers ( Hereditary Peers ) of a member of the House of Lords was elected, to which he has been a member since 1969.

life and career

After visiting the Marlborough College Sinclair began studying at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester and has been the age of seventeen after his father's death in 1965 Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness his successor as Earl of Caithness and Lord Berriedale and head of the Scottish clan of Sinclair and Chairman of the Clan Sinclair Trust . However, he was only able to take the seat in the upper house associated with the legacy of the nobility title when he came of age in 1969.

During his subsequent membership in the House of Commons, he was Whip of the Conservative Government Group in the House of Lords between 1984 and 1985, as well as spokesman for health, social security and Scotland , before he then took over his first government office as "Junior Minister" with the appointment of Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Transport. After he was Minister of State in the Home Office , the British Home Office , between 1986 and 1988 , he was then Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment until 1989.

In 1989 he became Paymaster General and Minister in the Treasury and was a member of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's extended cabinet until 1990 . In 1990 he was appointed Privy Counselor . In the subsequent government of Prime Minister John Major , he was again Minister of State, initially in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations , and most recently in the Ministry of Transport from 1992 to 1994.

After the House of Lords Act 1999 abolished the regulation that the seats of the Hereditary Peers were automatically inherited through the inheritance of the title, Sinclair was one of the 90 hereditary peers who were members of the hereditary peers for life as their representatives House of Lords was elected, so that the Earl of Caithness continues to be a member of the House of Lords.

In addition to his political responsibilities, he was also involved in the private sector and was director of Castle and Gardens of Mey Ltd and Noss Head Estates Ltd and advisor to Rickett Tinne Estate Agents . He is also the Earl of Caithness Trustee of the Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust and the Caithness Archaeological Trust .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the British Parliament (accessed on 25 June 2015)
• Malcolm Sinclair at Hansard (English)
• Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Roderick Sinclair	Earl of Caithness 1965 – today	current owner of the title