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Hugh of, the, Ilk, Halcro Sinclair 1524 – 1577 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1524

Birth Location: In Halcro, South Ronaldsay, Shapinsay, and, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland

Death Date: 1577

Death Location: Halcro, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Father: Malcolm Shetland

Mother: Lady Stewart

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Henry Sinclair

Hugh of the Ilk Halcro Sinclair was born in In Halcro, South Ronaldsay, Shapinsay, and, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland in 1524, to Malcolm Halcro Provost of Orkney and Archdeacon of Shetland and Lady Margaret Agnes Anna (Anne) Countess of Moray Keith Countess of Moray & Argyll Campbell Stewart. Among the children were Henry Sinclair. Hugh of the Ilk Halcro Sinclair died in Halcro, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 1577.

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Parents

Malcolm Shetland
1500 – 1549
Birth Location: Halcro Orkney Islands Scotland
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Lady Stewart
1530 – 1588
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Henry Sinclair
1575 – 1644
Birth Location: Lybster, Caithness, Scotland
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1524
    Event Place: In Halcro, South Ronaldsay, Shapinsay, and, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1577
    Event Place: Halcro, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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