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WILLIAM , the 3rd See also:earl of his See also:line, whose earldom of See also:Orkney was a See also:Norwegian dignity, was made See also:chancellor of See also:Scotland in 1454 and See also:Lord See also:Sinclair and earl of See also:Caithness in 1455. He took some See also:part in public affairs in Scotland, and when in 1470 the Orkney Islands were ceded by See also:Norway to See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James III. he resigned all his rights therein to his See also:sovereign and was known merely as earl of Caithness. His eldest son, William, having offended his See also:father by his wasteful habits, the earl settled his earldom on his eldest son by another See also:marriage, also called William, who was killed at See also:Flodden in 1513. The See also:elder William, however, inherited the See also:title of Lord Sinclair, and the See also:family was thus split into two See also:main branches. See also:John, the 3rd earl, was killed in 1529 while attempting to seize the Orkney Islands.
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