Baron Pentland, of Lyth in the County of Caithness, was title in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...

. It was created in 1909 for the British

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politician John Sinclair. He later served as

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. Lord Pentland was the son of Captain George Sinclair, younger son of Sir John Sinclair, 6th Baronet, of Dunbeath, a descendant of George Sinclair of Mey, third son of George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness (see Sinclair Baronets and

Earl of Caithness Earl of Caithness is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, and it has a very complex history. Its first grant, in the modern sense as to have been counted in strict lists of peerages, is now generally held to hav ...

for earlier history of the family). The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, on 14 February 1984.

Barons Pentland (1909)

John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, (7 July 1860 – 11 January 1925) was a British politician in the Scottish Liberal Party, a soldier, peer, administrator and Privy Councillor who served as the Secretary of Scotland from 1905 to 1912 and t ...

(1860–1925) *

Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland (6 June 1907 – 14 February 1984) was the President of thfrom its formation in 1953 and the President of thGurdjieff Foundation of Californiafrom its inception in 1955. He held both posts until his death ...

(1907–1984)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pentland, Baron Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1909 Peerages created for UK MPs