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Lybster in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Patrick Sinclair

 
 
Patrick Sinclair Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 28, 2018
1. Patrick Sinclair Marker
Inscription.
To Commemorate
The Founder of this Village and Harbour
Lieutenant-General Patrick Sinclair
of Lybster
1735-1820
He served in North America 1759 -1784
with the Black Watch and the 15th
Regiment of Foot against the French and
Indians with the Royal Highland Emigrant
Regiment during the American Revolution
when he was Lieutenant-Governor of
the Post of Michilimackinac and
Founded and Commanded Fort Mackinac

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & SettlersWar, French and IndianWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1759.
 
Location. 58° 18.538′ N, 3° 16.975′ W. Memorial is in Lybster, Scotland, in Highland. It is at the intersection of Quatre Bras (Scotland Route A99) and Village Road, on the left when traveling east on Quatre Bras. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Lybster, Scotland KW3 6BP, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Scotland’s Highlands. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, on the Atlantic Arc, in Europe, on the Celtic Fringe,
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in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 19 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lybster and Swiney War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Wick War Memorial (approx. 18.4 kilometers away).
 
Also see . . .  Patrick Sinclair on Wikipedia. (Submitted on December 17, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Patrick Sinclair Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 28, 2018
2. Patrick Sinclair Marker
Next to the Lybster and Swiney War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 543 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 17, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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