FORMER PUPIL APPOINTED LORD-LIEUTENANT OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT

We are delighted to congratulate former Glenalmond pupil, Lord Sinclair, for the following appointment.

“The Queen is pleased to appoint Matthew Murray Kennedy St Clair, The Lord Sinclair, as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in succession to the late Mrs Elizabeth (Patsy) Gilroy.”

After leaving Glenalmond, Lord Sinclair completed a Diploma in Land and Estate Management from the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester. After graduation, he worked with Smith Gore BVI Limited in Edinburgh and qualified as a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1994.

Lord Sinclair is now the Founder and Director of Saint Property Services and owner of Knocknalling Farms, a farming and forestry enterprise in Kirkcudbrightshire. He has also recently been appointed Governor of Cargilfield School.

He was previously Chair of Scottish Land & Estates, South West Region and Chairman of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Scottish Auction.

More information here.