Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness

Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness PC ( born November 3, 1948) is a British politician of the Conservative Party, after the entry into force of the House of Lords Act 1999 as one of 90 Erbpeers ( Hereditary peers) a member of the House of Lords was chosen which he belongs since 1969.

Life

After attending Marlborough College Sinclair began studying at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester and was already the age of seventeen in 1965 after the death of his father Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness, his successor as Earl of Caithness and chief of the Scottish clan of Sinclair and Chairman Clan Sinclair Trust. However, the associated with the legacy of the title of nobility seat in the Upper House, he could only take with entry into the majority in 1969.

During his subsequent employment at the house he was 1984-1985 Whip of the Conservative government faction in the House of Lords and at the same time spokesperson for health, social security and Scotland before he followed his first government took office as a " junior ministers " with his appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport. After it, the British Home Office was between 1986 and 1988 Minister of State at the Home Office, he was then to 1989 Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment.

He was Paymaster General and Minister of the Treasury and thus belonged until 1990 to the expanded cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989. In 1990 he was appointed Privy Counsellor. In the subsequent government of Prime Minister John Major, he was then in turn Minister of State initially during the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth of Nations, and most recently from 1992 to 1994 in the Department of Transportation.

After the scheme was abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999, that the seats of Erbpeers ( Hereditary peers) by the legacy of the title were automatically mitvererbt, Sinclair was among the 90 Erbpeers that of the hereditary nobility for life as their representatives as members was elected upper house, so that the Earl of Caithness continues to be a member of the House of Lords.

In addition to his political duties, he engaged in the private sector and was a director of Castle and Gardens of Mey Ltd. and Noss Head Estates Ltd and an adviser to Rickett Tinne Estate Agents. In addition, the Earl of Caithness trustee of Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust and the Caithness Archaeological Trust.