Born Edinburgh, grandson of Sir John Sinclair. Caithness Landowner and 3rd Baronet. MP, 1870 - 1885, with a fascination for Mary Queen of Scots and a liking for theatrical gothic. The earliest born person to make a disc recording, in 1906: "The adieu of Mary Queen of Scots" (what else?)
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair
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Mary Queen of Scots statue
{On the base of the statue in gothic script:] Mary Queen of Scots
Other Subjects
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Founder and first Govenor-General of Pakistan. Born on Christmas day and died on 9/11 - any celebrations of this man will have to compete with other newsworthy events. Born and died in Karachi. Sa...
1 memorial
Peter Taylor
Politician and radical. Born in London. he married Clementia Doughty in 1842, and they jointly supported many radical causes. In 1845 they met Giuseppi Mazzini the Italian patriot and became close ...
1 memorial
Major-General Thomas Harrison
Executed for regicide. Â In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...
1 memorial
Don Cook
St Pancras Rent strike: In 1960 the Tory council of the old borough of St Pancras (now part of Camden) attempted to impose large rent increases. The tenants, the generation who had fought in WW2, ...
1 memorial
Leland Lewis Duncan
Historian, author and public servant. Born in Lewisham. He served in the War Office for forty years and was rewarded with an M.V.O. (Member of the Victorian Order) and an O.B.E. His interest in loc...
1 memorial
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