James St Clair

[5] St Clair became lieutenant-general in charge of the British forces in Flanders in June 1745[6] and in the following year, he was sent with six thousand men to attack Quebec.

[5] St Clair entered the British House of Commons in 1722, sitting for Dysart Burghs until 1734.

[7] St Clair travelled as envoy to the courts of Turin and Vienna in 1748 and later acted as governor of Cork.

[5] In 1735, St Clair bought Rosslyn Castle, which was later inherited by the male heirs of his sisters.

[8] On the death of his older brother John St Clair in 1750, he succeeded de jure as Lord Sinclair, but never assumed the title, preferring to retain his seat in the Commons.