A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF THE CROSS,
daughter to William Lord Alexander, eldest son of the Earl of : Stirling She bars
to him two daughters the eldest was married to ;
John,
Master of Bargeny, and the
other to Sir John Swinton of that Ilk.
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR of Longformacus married Jean Towers, only daughter and
heiress of Sir John Towers of Innerleith, who bare to him the present Sir Robert
Sinclair of Longformacus, baronet ; who quartered his mother's arms with his own,
as above blazoned.
Sir ROBERT SINCLAIR of Stevenston, descended of a second son of Longformacus,
argent, on a cross ingrailed gules, five bezants or.
SINCLAIR of Blanse, quarterly, first and fourth, the same with Herdmanston ;
second and third or, three martlets gules, as in Font's MSS.
JAMES SINCLAIR of Freswick, eldest son of a second marriage of Sinclair of
Rattar, whose grandfather was a third brother of the Earl of Caithness, quarterly,
first azure, a ship at anchor, with oars in saltier, within a double tressure counter-
flowered or ; second, or, a lion rampant gules ; third as the second, and the fourth
Azure, a ship under sail or ; and, over all, dividing the quarters, a cross ingrailed
sable, all within a bordure cheque, or and gules ; crest, a cross patee within a
circle of stars argent : motto, Via crucis, via lucis. N. R.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR of Dumbaith, descended of the Earl of Caithness, quarterly,
first azure, a ship at anchor, her oars in saltier, within a double tressure counterflowered
or ; second and third or, a lion rampant gules ; fourth azure, a ship under
sail or ; and over all, dividing the quarters, a cross ingrailed sable , all within a
bordure cheque, or and gules ; crest, a cross pattee within a circle of stars argent :
motto, Via crucis, via lucis. Ibid.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR of Dumbaith, descended of the Earl of Caithness, quarterly,
first azure, a ship at anchor, her oars in saltier, within a double tressure counterflowered
or ; second and third or, a lion rampant gules ; fourth azure, a ship under
sail or ; over all, dividing the coats, a cross ingrailed sable, all within a bordure
indented gules ; crest, a man displaying a banner, proper : mur. Lyon Register.
motto, Te duce gloria-
And there,
PATRICK SINCLAIR of Ulbster, carries the same three quartered coats, as above,
with a cross ingrailed sable dividing them, all within a bordure gobonated, sable
and argent ; crest, a star issuing out of a cloud, proper : motto, Aspera virtus.
THOMAS SINCLAIR, lawful son to William Sinclair, merchant in Thurso, descended
of the family of Caithness, argent, a cross azure : motto, Fear God and live. L. R.
ingrailed sable, between two mullets
JOHN SINCLAIR of Brimmes, a son of a second marriage of Mr John Sinclair of
Ulbster, descended of the family of Sinclair of Mey, come of the House of Caith-
ness, argent, a cross ingrailed on the outer side, and invected on the inner, sable-,
all 'within a bordure gobonated of the second and first ; crest, an arrow, and the
branch
Ibid.
of a palm crossing other in saltier, : proper motto, Detur forti palma.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR of Dun, argent, a cross ingrailed sable, within a bordure of
the second, charged with eight plates argent ; crest, a man on horseback, proper :
motto, Promptus ad certamen. Ibid.
THOMAS SINCLAIR, descended of the family of Dun in Caithness, argent, a cross
ingrailed sable, within a bordure waved of the second, charged with six stars of
the first ; crest, a demi-man holding in one hand a sea-cat, and in the other, a
pair of pencils, all proper : motto, Sic rectius progredior.
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR of Stamstare,
third brother to
Ibid.
William Sinclair of Dum-
baith, descended of the family of Caithness, the same with Dumbaith ; but, for
difference, has a bordure invected gules ; crest and motto as Dumbaith. Ibid.
FRANCIS SINCLAIR of Stircock, the quartered coat of Caithness, with the cross in-
grailed, dividing the quarters, all within a bordure gobonated, gules and or ; crest,
a naked arm issuing out of a cloud, grasping a small sword, with another lying by,
all proper : motto, Me vincit, ego mereo. Ibid.
JOHN SINCLAIR, Writer in Edinburgh, descended of the family of Caithness,
argent, a cross ingrailed between two mascles in chief sable: motto, Crux dat
salutem. Ibid..