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Clive Sinclair
English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)
For the Somerset Maugham Award-winning author, see Clive Sinclair (author).
Sir Clive Sinclair | |
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Sinclair in Bristol, 1992 | |
| Born | Clive Marles Sinclair (1940-07-30)30 July 1940 Ealing, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 16 September 2021(2021-09-16) (aged 81) London, England |
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| Years active | 1961−2010 |
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| Spouses | Ann Trevor-Briscoe (m. 1962; div. 1985)Angie Bowness (m. 2010; div. 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor (1983) |
Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in the computing industry and also as the founder of several companies that developed consumer electronics in the 1970s and early 1980s.
After spending several years as assistant editor of Instrument Practice, Sinclair founded Sinclair Radionics Ltd in 1961. He produced the w
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Colin Sinclair (politician)
Australian politician
Sir Colin Archibald SinclairKBE (24 December 1876 – 17 March 1956) was an Australian politician.
Early life
Sinclair was born in Inverell, New South Wales and educated at the New England Grammar School, Armidale and the University of Sydney (BA 1899, LLB 1905). He married Edith Grant in 1916.[1]
Sinclair was elected as the member for Namoi in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1932,[2] and was Secretary for Lands from February 1938 to November 1940,[3] when he resigned after suggestions that he had a conflict of interest, as a result of his recent appointment as a director of the Bank of New South Wales. He did not run for re-election in Namoi in 1941.[2]
Sinclair was president of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales from 1943 to 1954 and President of the Bank of New South Wales from 1952 to 1954.[4][5][6][7] He also served as a president of the Australian Club. He died in Sydney.[1] Sinc
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SINCLAIR (ST. CLAIR), Hon. John, Master of Sinclair (1683-1750).
Family and Education
bap. 5 Dec. 1683, 1st s. of Henry, 10th Ld. Sinclair [S] by Barbara, da. of Sir James Cockburn, 1st Bt., of Cockburn, Berwicks. educ. Franeker Univ. 1700. m. (1) 16 Aug. 1733, Lady Mary, da. of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway [S], s.p.; (2) 24 Apr. 1750, Amelia (d. 1779), da. of Ld. George Murray of Pitcaithly, Perth, s.p.1
Offices Held
Capt.-lt. Col. George Preston’s regt. [later 26 Ft.] 1708.
Biography
Sinclair, who was elected on his father’s interest at Dysart Burghs while abroad on military service, never took his seat in Parliament, being ineligible on two counts: first, being under a sentence of death resulting from a court martial of 17 Oct. 1708; and second, less dramatically, because a Commons decision of 3 Dec. laid down that the eldest sons of Scottish peers could not stand for election. It was the latter ruling which took precedence over his conviction for murder. Shortly after the Union, Sinclair had joined the army against his father’s wishes, having been
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