John Sinclair (archdeacon of Middlesex)

The Rev John Sinclair[1] FRSE (20 August 1797 - 22 May 1875)[2] was a religious author and amateur biologist, He served as Archdeacon of Middlesex[3] from 1844[4] until his death.

[7] He studied Divinity at Pembroke College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1819.

[9] He was made a Deacon in 1820 and ordained as a priest in 1821 and spent one year at Sutterby in Lincolnshire.

In 1822 he joined his parents in Edinburgh and took a post of Incumbent at Old St Paul's Church on Jeffrey Street.

In 1839 he left Old St Paul's to be Secretary of the National Bible Society of Scotland.