Lord Herdmanston Explained

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.[1] It is not known if the Sinclair Lords Herdmanston share a common origin with the Sinclair Barons of Roslin,[2] from whom branch off the Lords Sinclair and Earls of Caithness.[3] 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.[4] However, according to the website clansinclairusa.org, William St Clair of Roslin was probably unrelated to the St Clairs of Herdmanston.[5] 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,[3] 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.[6]

The Sinclairs of Herdmanston are recorded by James Balfour Paul in his The Scots Peerage.[7] They are also recorded by Bernard Burke in his a Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire,[8] and by 18th century herald, Alexander Nisbet, in his A System of Heraldry.[9] 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:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maclean-Sinclair, Rev. A . 1901 . The Sinclairs of Roslin, Caithness and Goshen . . The Examiner Publishing Company . https://web.archive.org/web/20140624192556/http://fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/Goshen/index.htm . 24 June 2014.
  2. Book: Saint-Clair, Roland . 1898 . The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the Sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair . Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand . H. Brett . 311-316. June 21, 2021.
  3. Book: Allan, Archibald . 1900 . History of Channelkirk . . . 72 . July 18, 2021.
  4. Web site: Scotland . sinclairgenealogy.info . June 23, 2021.
  5. Web site: Origins of the Sinclairs in Scotland . clansinclairusa.org . 2 . June 23, 2021.
  6. Book: Saint-Clair, Roland William . 1898 . The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair . . H. Brett . 278-284 . July 18, 2021.
  7. Book: Paul, James Balfour . James Balfour Paul . 1910 . 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 . VII . Edinburgh . . 577-592 . June 21, 2021.
  8. Book: Burke, Bernard . Bernard Burke . 1869 . Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . . Harrison . 1016-1018 . June 21, 2021.
  9. Book: Nisbet, Alexander . Alexander Nisbet . 1816 . A System of Heraldry . II . Princes Street, Edinburgh and New Bond Street, London . . 322-323 . June 21, 2021.

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