Earl of Caithness

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The Earl of Caithness is a historic Scottish peerage title associated with the far northern Highlands, long linked to powerful noble families and regional leadership.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish peerage title ⓘ
associatedClanChief Chief of Clan Sinclair ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Altimarlach ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Caithness ⓘ
far northern Highlands ⓘ
associatedWithReligionHistorically Presbyterianism ⓘ
category Clan Sinclair ⓘ
Noble titles created in the 15th century ⓘ
Scottish earls ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
createdByMonarch James II of Scotland ⓘ
currentHolder Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness ⓘ
currentHolderBirthYear 1948 ⓘ
currentHolderHasTitle Chief of Clan Sinclair ⓘ
currentHolderIsMemberOf House of Lords ⓘ
currentHolderPoliticalAffiliation Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
feudalJurisdictionOver County of Caithness ⓘ
linked to: Caithness
firstHolder William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness ⓘ
firstHolderAlsoHeldTitle Earl of Orkney ⓘ
hasFamilySeat Castle of Mey ⓘ
hasHistoricSeat Ackergill Tower ⓘ
Barrogill Castle ⓘ
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe ⓘ
Keiss Castle ⓘ
hasMotto Commit thy work to God ⓘ
heldByClan Clan Sinclair ⓘ
heldByFamily Sinclair family ⓘ
linked to: Sinclairs of Orkney
hereditary true ⓘ
jurisdictionEra early modern Scotland ⓘ
jurisdictionEra medieval Scotland ⓘ
linkedToNobleFamily House of Sinclair ⓘ
nobleRank Earl ⓘ
notableHolder George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness ⓘ
George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness ⓘ
James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness ⓘ
John Sinclair, 10th Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness ⓘ
originalCreationDate circa 1455 ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
presentCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
presentRegion Highland ⓘ
styleOfAddress The Right Honourable ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Lord Berriedale ⓘ
Lord Sinclair of Mey ⓘ
successionType heirs male of the body ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crichton family → nobleTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl → titleHeld → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Sir George Crichton → positionHeld → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Sir George Crichton → nobleTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Clan Sinclair → hasChiefTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → title → 1st Earl of Caithness ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Caithness
Caithness → associatedTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn → heldTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
House of Sinclair → hasTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
House of Sinclair → clanChiefTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → title → 1st Earl of Caithness ⓘ
subject linked to: William Sinclair
linked to: Earl of Caithness
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → positionHeld → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
subject linked to: William Sinclair
William St. Clair of Roslin → successorTitle → Earl of Caithness (Sinclair line) ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Caithness
Sinclair of Caithness → hasTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Sinclair of Caithness → hasClanChiefTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Earls of Caithness → titleStyle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Sinclairs of Orkney → notableTitleHeld → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney → title → 1st Earl of Caithness ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Caithness
Sinclairs of Caithness → associatedTitle → Earl of Caithness ⓘ
Sinclairs of Caithness → hereditaryTitle → Earl of Caithness in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Caithness