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'''Patrick Sinclair''', ([[1736]] – [[31 January]] [[1820]]), was from [[Lybster]], [[Scotland]] and joined the [[British |
'''Patrick Sinclair''', ([[1736]] – [[31 January]] [[1820]]), was from [[Lybster]], [[Scotland]] and joined the [[British Army]] at about age 18 and was involved in a 1758 attack of [[Guadeloupe]]. |
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By 1760, Sinclair was at [[Oswego, New York]] and involved in the [[Seven Years' War]]. His battalion were part of the force heading to attack [[Montreal]] under the command of [[Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Major-General Amherst]]. They captured a French brig near [[Fort Lévis]] and Sinclair was given command. After Amherst's force captured Fort Lévis in what became known as the [[Battle of the Thousand Islands]], Patrick was assigned to the area for the rest of Amherst’s campaign. |
By 1760, Sinclair was at [[Oswego, New York]] and involved in the [[Seven Years' War]]. His battalion were part of the force heading to attack [[Montreal]] under the command of [[Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Major-General Amherst]]. They captured a French brig near [[Fort Lévis]] and Sinclair was given command. After Amherst's force captured Fort Lévis in what became known as the [[Battle of the Thousand Islands]], Patrick was assigned to the area for the rest of Amherst’s campaign. |
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Revision as of 15:47, 17 November 2007
Patrick Sinclair, (1736 – 31 January 1820), was from Lybster, Scotland and joined the British Army at about age 18 and was involved in a 1758 attack of Guadeloupe.
By 1760, Sinclair was at Oswego, New York and involved in the Seven Years' War. His battalion were part of the force heading to attack Montreal under the command of Major-General Amherst. They captured a French brig near Fort Lévis and Sinclair was given command. After Amherst's force captured Fort Lévis in what became known as the Battle of the Thousand Islands, Patrick was assigned to the area for the rest of Amherst’s campaign.
This contact with the Great Lakes attracted Sinclair and he was able to change his commission to serve on the lakes. He started out commanding ships on Lake Ontario but, in 1764, he was moved to the upper lakes where he served until 1767. In 1767, he was removed from active service at Fort Sinclair, which he had built in 1764 under orders from Colonel John Bradstreet.
In 1769, he went to England on a recruiting trip and tried to be reassigned to the Great Lakes. He was made a captain but retired to his home in Lybster at half pay in 1772.
However in 1775, his wish to return to the Great Lakes was granted with an appointment as lieutenant governor and superintendent of Michilimackinac. He was thwarted in taking up his post by unrest in the thirteen colonies and he reached his posting via Nova Scotia and Quebec in 1779. He almost immediately began to Fort Michilimackinac and its community to Mackinac Island . There, after an extreme effort and large expense, Fort Mackinac was occupied in 1781. By 1782, his expenses had come under investigation and he returned to Quebec to untangle his finances.
Sinclair was not able to clear up his problems but he was allowed to return to Lybster. He continued to work on clearing up unpaid bills and ended up in debtors prison for a time. He never recovered financially and spent his remaining years on his estate drawing his half pay from the military and also from his time as lieutenant governor of Michilimackinac. The latter must have been a reminder of his brief position of power in that endeavour.