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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    June 29, 2023

    Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Baronet (28 August 1790 – 23 October 1868), was a Scottish politician and writer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the County of Caithness, which he represented on and off for many years.

    Sinclair was an active writer for the press and author of many pamphlets. His earliest work, Travels in Germany, in two volumes, describing his visits to the continent, was printed for private distribution. Only one copy is known.

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      May 28, 2025

      Sinclair, the eldest son of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Ulbster, and Diana, only daughter of Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald, was born in Edinburgh. His siblings were John, William, and Catherine Sinclair. At ten, he entered Harrow School under Dr. Drury, where he studied with Lord Byron and Sir Robert Peel. Byron described Sinclair as "the prodigy of our school days. He made exercises for half the school (in the true sense of the word), verses at will, and subjects without them. He was a friend of mine, and as near to me." At sixteen, Sinclair left Harrow for Göttingen. He was arrested as a spy and brought before Napoleon, who interrogated him and ordered his release. In 1826, Sinclair published a privately printed account of the interview (Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo).

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