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Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (764 words) |
 | Sinclair was the eldest son of George Sinclair of Ulbster, a member of the family of the Earls of Caithness, and was born at Thurso Castle, Thurso, Caithness. |
| Sinclair established at Edinburgh a society for the improvement of British wool, and was mainly instrumental in the creation of the Board of Agriculture, of which he was the first president. |
| Sir John Sinclair, who was created a baronet in 1780, was twice married, first to a daughter of Alexander Maitland, by whom he had two daughters, and secondly to Diana, daughter of the first Lord Macdonald, by whom he had thirteen children. |
| John Sinclair (poet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (488 words) |
| John Sinclair (born October 2, 1941 in Flint, Michigan) was a Detroit poet, one time manager of the MC5 and leader of the White Panther Party, from November 1968-July 1969. |
| Sinclair was managing the MC5 at the time of their free concert outside the Democratic National Convention of 1968. |
| Sinclair was involved in the formation of the underground newspaper Fifth Estate in Detroit as well as the Artist's Workshop Press which published five issues of Work magazine. |
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