John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born September 10, 1953), known as John Thurso, is a British businessman and Liberal Democrat politician. His right as a hereditary peer to sit in the House of Lords was abolished in 1999, but at the UK general election, 2001 he was elected to the House of Commons and became the first hereditary peer allowed to sit in the Commons without first renouncing his title.
His grandfather, the 1st Viscount, was the Liberal Party leader Archibald Sinclair. He represents Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, the seat formerly held by his grandfather.
John checked his crew, the 6 oars of his 30 foot command all manned by men who knew all too well the risks they were taking, men who like himself had waited two years for this opportunity.
John Smith did not hesitate when he viewed the troubled vessels from the shore, and promptly waded into the sea to help seven men to the shore and safety.
John thought it a little ironic that in this second last year of war it was not an act of man-made violence that had seen the end of this vessel, but the natural elements causing the shifting of a cargo of grain, foundering the "Freidig" off Cape Wrath.
Located on the north coast of Caithness, its seaward views are dominated by the distant cliffs of Dunnet Head to the north east, and those of the island of Hoy to the north.
Modern Thurso tends to be seen as a stepping stone en route to somewhere else rather than as a destination in its own right, although the sometimes turbulent seas of the Pentland Firth have led to Thurso becoming an unlikely centre for surfing.
Thurso is also a point of departure for those embarking on the best scenic route Scotland has to offer, the 140 miles taking in the north and west coasts via Durness to Ullapool.
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