| LC control no. | nb2007009295 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pentland, John Sinclair, Baron, 1860-1925 |
| Variant(s) | Sinclair, John, Baron Pentland, 1860-1925 Pentland, Lord, 1860-1925 Sinclair, Jack, 1860-1925 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland |
| Associated place | Forfar (Scotland : County) Madras (India : Presidency) |
| Birth date | 1860-07-07 |
| Death date | 1925-01-11 |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Hampstead (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Political science Liberalism |
| Affiliation | Liberal Party (Great Britain) Scottish Liberal Party |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Cabinet officers Colonial administrators Governor of Madras |
| Found in | First tour of H.E. the Right Hon. the Lord Pentland ..., 1913 Concise DNB, 1901-1970, 1982: p. 610 (Sinclair, John, first Baron Pentland, 1860-1925, politician) The Right Honourable John Sinclair, Lord Pentland. G.C.S.I., 1928: p. 1 (Lord Pentland; John, eldest son of Captain and Mrs. George Sinclair, was born, Edinburgh on the 7th July 1860) p. 4 (...their first child John, called Jack by his family...) p. 295 (Governor of Fort St. George at Madras, 1912-1919; died on 11 January 1925) Oxford DNB online, 6 April 2016 (Sinclair, John, first Baron Pentland (1860-1925), politician and administrator in India; born Edinburgh, on 7 July 1860; joined the army and served in Ireland from 1881 and Sudan in 1885; left the army in 1887 and re-entered parliament at a by-election for Forfarshire; this seat he retained until he was made a peer in 1909; From 1900 to 1905 he was Scottish Liberal whip; On 12 July 1904 he married Lady Marjorie Adeline [Gordon] (1880-1970); appointed secretary for Scotland in 1905; made a peer (as Baron Pentland of Lyth, Caithness) in February 1909, and in 1912 he was appointed governor of Madras ... until 1919; sworn of the privy council in 1905 and created GCIE in 1912 and GCSI in 1918; died at his home at Frognal End, Hampstead, London, on 11 January 1925, and was buried at Dean cemetery, Edinburgh, on 15 January) |
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