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'''William Sinclair''' (4 September 1804 – 8 July 1878) was a Scottish author and [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of [[St George's Church, Leeds]], and of [[Pulborough]], Sussex.

==Life==
Sinclair was the fifth son of [[Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet|Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1st Baronet]] by his second wife Diana, only daughter of [[Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald]]. His siblings included [[Catherine Sinclair]], [[Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Baronet|George Sinclair]] and [[John Sinclair (Archdeacon of Middlesex)|John Sinclair]]. He was educated at [[Winchester College]] but left at the age of sixteen, obtained a commission in the [[Madras Army|Madras cavalry]], and distinguished himself by leading a [[forlorn hope]] at the siege of [[Kittoor]] in 1824.

Returning to England, Sinclair [[matriculated]] at [[St Mary's Hall, Oxford]], in 1832, and graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1835 and [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|M.A.]] in 1837.<ref>{{alox2|title=Sinclair, William}}</ref> At Oxford he became president of the [[Oxford Union|Union]] when it numbered among its members [[Archibald Tait]], [[Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne|Roundell Palmer]], [[Edward Cardwell]], and Robert Low. In 1833 [[Thomas Jackson (Bishop-designate of Lyttelton)|Thomas Jackson]] composed a [[Squib (writing)|squib]] ''Uniomachia, or The Battle at the Union''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T38HAAAAQAAJ |title=Uniomachia, or The Battle at the Union |location=Oxford |date=1833|last1=Jackson |first1=Thomas }}</ref> and later said that Sinclair "entered heartily into the scheme, and composed many of the best lines and notes".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/victorianchance02atlagoog#page/n410/mode/2up/ |page=381 |title=The Victorian Chancellors |last=Atlay |first=J.B. |authorlink=James Atlay |publisher=Smith, Elder, & Co. |location=London |date=1908 |mode=cs2}} (footnote 1). Note: the text mentions "the Rev. Wm. Sinclair, afterwards Archdeacon of Middlesex, and father of the present Archdeacon of London." It was Sinclair's brother [[John Sinclair (Archdeacon of Middlesex)|John]] (who was not at Oxford in 1833) who became Archdeacon of Middlesex; Sinclair's son [[William Macdonald Sinclair|William]] was indeed Archdeacon of London 1889–1911.</ref>

In 1837 Sinclair took [[holy orders]] and accepted the parish of [[St George's Church, Leeds|St George's, Leeds]], where, as a liberal evangelical, he laboured for twenty years with such ardour as seriously to undermine his constitution.<ref name=DNB00>{{cite DNB|wstitle = Sinclair, William (1804-1878)|volume = 52}}</ref> Under his auspices eight new churches were built, with schools and parsonages. He was president of the [[Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society|Leeds Philosophical Society]] 1845–50. His interest among his people made him refuse other posts until in 1856, from considerations of health, he was induced to accept the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rectory]] of [[Pulborough]], Sussex, where he rebuilt the church and rectory, and started schools and chapels in different parts of the parish.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title=Death of Prebendary Sinclair |date= 9 July 1878 |page=5 |issue=29302}}</ref> In 1874 he was appointed to a [[prebendal stall]] in [[Chichester Cathedral]].

In 1837 Sinclair married Helen, daughter of William Ellice (who had been MP for [[Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby]]). They had two children, but she died in 1842. In 1846 Sinclair married Sophia Tripp with whom he had five further children including [[William Macdonald Sinclair]] who became [[archdeacon of London]].

==Works==
Sinclair was author of:
* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LA9hAAAAcAAJ ''The Dying Soldier: a Tale founded on Facts''], Hatchard, 1838.
* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kecCAAAAQAAJ ''A Manual of Family and Occasional Prayers''], Hatchard, 1854.
* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCFcAAAAQAAJ ''The Sepoy Mutinies: their Origin and Cure''], Wertheim and Macintosh, 1857.
He also edited [[John Sinclair (Archdeacon of Middlesex)|his brother's]] annual archdeacon's "charges" to churchwardens in [http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/search?title=Thirty-two%20years%20of%20the%20Church%20of%20England%2C%201842-1874%20%3A%20the%20charges%20of%20Archdeacon%20Sinclair&rn=1 ''Thirty-two years of the Church of England, 1842-1874: the charges of Archdeacon Sinclair''], Rivingtons, 1876.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16674 War Memorial: Rev W Sinclair (WMR-16674)], Imperial War Museum

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