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Lord Herdmanston

{{short description|Scottish peerage}}

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File:Blason Henri Ier Sinclair.svg.{{cite book |last=Woodward |first=John |year=1896 |title=A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign : with English and French Glossaries |url=https://archive.org/details/treatiseonherald02wood/page/n7/mode/2up |location=Edinburgh and London |publisher=W. & A.K. Johnston |page=[https://archive.org/details/treatiseonherald02wood/page/10/mode/2up 11] |access-date=June 23, 2021}}]]

Lord Herdmanston was a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was held by the Sinclair or St Clair family.

History

Herdmanston in East Lothian had been held from the 12th century, when Henry St Clair received a grant of the lands of Herdmanston, from Richard de Morville, Constable of Scotland.{{cite book |last=Maclean-Sinclair |first=Rev. A |date=1901 |title=The Sinclairs of Roslin, Caithness and Goshen |url=http://fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/Goshen/index.htm |location=Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |publisher=The Examiner Publishing Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624192556/http://fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/Goshen/index.htm |archive-date=24 June 2014}} It is not known if the Sinclair Lords Herdmanston share a common origin with the Sinclair Barons of Roslin,{{cite book |last=Saint-Clair |first=Roland |year=1898 |title=The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the Sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair |url=https://archive.org/details/saintclairsofisl00sain/page/n9/mode/2up |location=Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand |publisher=H. Brett |page=[https://archive.org/details/saintclairsofisl00sain/page/310/mode/2up 311]-316|access-date=June 21, 2021}} from whom branch off the Lords Sinclair and Earls of Caithness.{{cite book |last=Allan |first=Archibald |year=1900 |title=History of Channelkirk |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofchannel00allarich/page/n7/mode/2up |location=54 and 55 South Bridge, Edinburgh |publisher=James Thin |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofchannel00allarich/page/72/mode/2up 72] |access-date=July 18, 2021}} According to the website sinclairgenealogy.info, the fact that the first proven Baron of Roslin, William St. Clair (died 1297) was made sheriff of Haddington in East Lothian where Herdmanston also is, suggests that he was appointed there to cover his own home area, and given that the name William appears frequently in the St Clair of Herdmanston family suggests that he may have been part of their extended family.{{cite web |url=https://sinclairgenealogy.info/scotland/ |title=Scotland |website=sinclairgenealogy.info |access-date=June 23, 2021}} However, according to the website clansinclairusa.org, William St Clair of Roslin was probably unrelated to the St Clairs of Herdmanston.{{cite web |url=http://www.clansinclairusa.org/uploads/8/6/1/6/86169372/origins_of_the_sinclairs_in_scotland_.pdf |title=Origins of the Sinclairs in Scotland |website=clansinclairusa.org |page=2 |access-date=June 23, 2021}} According to Archibald Allan writing in 1900, Henry St Clair of Herdmanston appears to have been a son of the first William de St Clair of Roslin of the 11th century, but this William's existence cannot be proved by contemporary evidence and according to Roland Saint-Clair, William St. Clair who died in 1297 was the first proven Baron of Roslin.{{cite book |last=Saint-Clair |first=Roland William |year=1898 |title=The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair |url=https://archive.org/details/saintclairsofisl00sain/page/n9/mode/2up |location=Auckland, New Zealand |publisher=H. Brett |pages=[https://archive.org/details/saintclairsofisl00sain/page/278/mode/2up 278]-284 |access-date=July 18, 2021}}

The Sinclairs of Herdmanston are recorded by James Balfour Paul in his The Scots Peerage.{{cite book |last=Paul |first=James Balfour |author-link=James Balfour Paul |year=1910 |title=The Scots Peerage; Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun07paul/page/n5/mode/2up |volume=VII |location=Edinburgh |publisher=David Douglas |pages=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun07paul/page/576/mode/2up 577]-592 |access-date=June 21, 2021}} They are also recorded by Bernard Burke in his a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire,{{cite book |last=Burke |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Burke |year=1869 |title=Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00inburk/page/n5/mode/2up |location=59 Pall Mall, London |publisher=Harrison |page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00inburk/page/1016/mode/2up 1016]-1018 |access-date=June 21, 2021}} and by 18th century herald, Alexander Nisbet, in his A System of Heraldry.{{cite book |last=Nisbet |first=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Nisbet |year=1816 |title=A System of Heraldry |url=https://archive.org/details/systemofheraldry02nisbuoft/page/n5/mode/2up |volume=II |location=Princes Street, Edinburgh and New Bond Street, London |publisher=William Blackwood and Rodwell & Martin |pages=[https://archive.org/details/systemofheraldry02nisbuoft/page/322/mode/2up 322]-323 |access-date=June 21, 2021}} The coat of arms of the Sinclair of Herdmanston family is similar to that of the Lord Sinclair, but the tincture of the cross was changed from azure to sable.

Lords Herdmanston

Roland Saint-Clair writing in the late 19th century lists the following Lords Herdmanston:

References

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