Walford, Lucy. Recollections of a Scottish Novelist. Williams and Norgate, 1910, xi, 317 pp.
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Sir John first Baronet Sinclair of Ulbster
Standard Name: Sinclair of Ulbster, Sir John,,, first Baronet
Used Form: Sir John Sinclair
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Catherine Sinclair | The book appeared a year after her father's death in late 1835. It was dedicated, with permission, to her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria, who was soon to be Queen
. In the preface... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Catherine Sinclair | Politician, agriculturalist, and statistician Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
, first baronet (1754-1835), used to joke that he had six-and-thirty feet of daughters. |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Catherine Sinclair | Like other early works by CS
, this book was written for her niece and nephew, George Frederick
and Diana Boyle
. She wished to find, she wrote, the glory of God within the amusements... |
| Textual Production | Catherine Sinclair | CS
wrote about her father
's life in Memoir of the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair. Sinclair, Catherine. Memoir of Sir John Sinclair. William and Roberts Chambers, 1853. title page |
| Textual Production | Catherine Sinclair | Although most of CS
's publications were not written until after her father
's death in 1835, her work as his secretary cultivated her writing abilities. Begining at the age of fourteen, she wrote from... |
Timeline
By May 1790: Sir John Sinclair circulated to Church of...
Building item
By May 1790
Sir John Sinclair
circulated to Church of Scotland
clergymen his questionnaire about their parishes: their history, geography, antiquities, natural history, demography, commerce, industry, and manners.
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