George Sinclair

Background

Sinclair, George was born on November 5, 1912 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Charles Thomson and Elizabeth Gilchrist (MacKenzie) Sinclair.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Alberta, 1933; Master of Science, U. Alberta, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1946; Honorary Doctor of Science, Ohio State University, 1973.

Career

Sinclair was a bright pupil at Abingdon School from 1923 to 1931, and one of a group known as the 'Grundy boys' – named after the then headmaster. In 1969 he returned to the school as a governor. He read Greats at Pembroke College, Oxford.

In 1936, Sinclair joined the Colonial Service and was posted to the Gold Coast He served with the Royal West African Frontier Force during World War II. After the war he returned to the Gold Coast, then served in Togoland. He was deputy governor of Cyprus from 1955 to 1960, during the EOKA troubles. He was appointed OBE in 1950, CMG in 1956 and knighted for his Colonial Service work in 1960.

Sinclair was a councillor on Wimbledon Borough Council from 1962. He became the Conservative Party MP for Dorking in 1964, actively campaigning on human rights, reproductive rights and environmental issues. He retired from parliamentary politics in 1979 but maintained a role notably with the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival.

Achievements

• He left the school having become Head of School, Captain of Boats, Captain of Cricket, Captain of Rugby and having won the Pembroke Scholarship.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (General A.G.L. McNaughton award 1975). Member Canada Society Elec. Engineers, Association Professional Engineers Ontario.

Connections

Married Helen Marie Corscadden, September 8, 1951. Children: Andrea Joan, Valerie June, Dorothy Elizabeth.

Father:

Charles Thomson Sinclair

Mother:

Elizabeth Gilchrist (MacKenzie) Sinclair

Spouse:

Helen Marie Corscadden

child:

Valerie June Sinclair

child:

Dorothy Elizabeth Sinclair

child:

Andrea Joan Sinclair