Henry Sinclair
Religious Leader
1508 – 1565
Who was Henry Sinclair?
Henry Sinclair, lord-president of the court of session and bishop of Ross.
Henry Sinclair was brother of Oliver Sinclair. He studied at St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews and was appointed lord of session in 1537. In 1541 he was named abbot or perpetual commendator of the abbey of Kilwinning. He was the negotiator of a peace treaty between Flanders and Scotland in 1548 and was appointed dean of Glasgow in 1550. Between 1550 and 1554 he was in France. He was a commissioner for the Treaty of Carlisle in 1556, and for that of Upsettlington in 1559. He was appointed President of the Court of Session, and Bishop of Ross. In 1561 he became a member of Queen Mary's privy council. Denounced by John Knox, he maintained a neutral religious attitude. He wrote additions to Boece's History of Scotland. Sinclair died at Paris in January 1565.
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- Born
- 1508
Scotland - Siblings
- Religion
- Church of Scotland
- Catholicism
- Education
- University of St Andrews
- Died
- Jan 2, 1565
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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