Viscount Thurso
Viscount Thurso , of Ulbster in the County of Caithness , is a hereditary British nobility title of the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the Scottish city of Thurso .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on April 10, 1952 for the Scottish Liberal politician and former Minister of Aviation Sir Archibald Sinclair, 4th Baronet .
In 1912 he had inherited the title Baronet , of Ulbster in the County of Caithness, created on February 14, 1786 for his great-great-grandfather John Sinclair of Ulbster in the Baronetage of Great Britain , which has since been used as a subordinate title of Viscount becomes.
The Viscount family residence is Orchard Cottage near Champneys in Hertfordshire .
List of title owners
Sinclair Baronets, of Ulbster (1786)
- Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet (1754-1835)
- Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Baronet (1790–1868)
- Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (1824-1912)
- Sir Archibald Sinclair, 4th Baronet (1890–1970) ( raised to Viscount Thurso in 1952 )
Viscounts Thurso (1952)
- Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (1890–1970)
- Robin Sinclair, 2nd Viscount Thurso (1922–1995)
- John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (* 1953)
Probable title heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, James Sinclair (* 1984).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Thurso, Viscount (UK, 1952) at Cracroft's Peerage