Sir John Sinclair, first baronet

(1754-1835)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835 NRA: Sinclair Sir John (1754-1835) 1st Baronet Politician and Agriculturist DNB: Sinclair, Sir John, first baronet (1754-1835), agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of 'useful knowledge' LBT ID: JoSincl1835 VIAF ID: 100210982 LOC ID: n50023563	B/BAP: 1754-05-10 DIED: 1835-12-21
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Scottish MP, projected the Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799) and superintended an edition of Ossian (1807).
REFERENCES TO Sir John Sinclair, first baronet: Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 20 December 1811 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart, 23 May 1826 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: to 1806 Found 1: ¶ 90 “[Moore’s Letters and Journals of Lord Byron]” in Literary Gazette (16 January 1830) 33-38 Found 1: ¶ 30 Wilson, John, 1785-1854, “Moore’s Byron” in Blackwood’s Magazine 27 (February 1830) 389-420 Found 1: ¶ 55 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XIII. 1812-1815 Found 2: ¶ 21 ¶ 24 Chapter XXI. Found 1: ¶ 56 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1808 Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter XII 1811-12 Found 2: ¶ 3 ¶ n2 Chapter II 1825 Found 1: ¶ 6 Chapter X 1826 Found 1: ¶ 63 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 9: Excursion Found 1: ¶ 2 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter III. Found 1: ¶ 22 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 13: 1826