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Colonel Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, PC, MP, FRS, FRSE, FSA (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835), was a Scottish politician, military officer and writer who was one of the first people to use the word "statistics" in the English language in his pioneering work, Statistical Accounts of Scotland, which was published in 21 volumes.
Sir John Sinclair de Ulbster, 1st Baronet, PC MP FRS FRSE FSA (10 de mayo de 1754 - 21 de diciembre de 1835) fue un político británico, escritor sobre finanzas y agricultura, y la primera persona en utilizar la palabra estadística en inglés . en su vasto y pionero trabajo, Statistical Account of Scotland , en 21 volúmenes.
Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet (born 1763) succeeded in the title in 1767 but nothing further is known about him or the baronetcy. The Sinclair baronetcy, of Dunbeath in the County of Caithness, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 12 October 1704 for James Sinclair, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever.
Sir John Sinclair: The Man Behind the Statistical Account. Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster was born at Thurso Castle in 1754. Although originally trained in law, he spent the majority of his career in Westminster where he was Member of Parliament for Caithness for over 30 years.
Sir John Alexander Sinclair, KCMG, CB, OBE (29 May 1897 – 22 March 1977) was a British Army general who was head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from 1953 to 1956.
Sinclair, Sir John, first baronet (1754–1835), agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of ‘useful knowledge’ | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
John Sinclair was a politician, agriculturalist and author from Ulbster in the Scottish Highlands. One of Sinclair’s greatest achievements was the compilation of the ‘Statistical Account of Scotland’ (1791-99), a survey of the geography, economy and society of every parish in Scotland, which covered topics as diverse as agriculture and manners.
