Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair

Major Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, CVO, DL (21 June 1914 – 1 April 2004) was a Scottish peer who spent his entire life in the service of the Crown; as a soldier, an officer of arms, an equerry in the Queen Mother's Household, a representative peer and as a Lord Lieutenant.

Charles St Clair was born in 1914, the son of the Archibald St Clair (later the 16th Lord Sinclair), and his wife Violet Kennedy, daughter of Col. John Kennedy. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. When his father succeeded to the Lordship in 1922, Charles St Clair became known as The Master of Sinclair, in accordance with the usual practice for Scottish peerages. In 1968 he married Anne Cotterell (daughter of Richard Charles Cotterell, 5th Baronet), with whom he had two daughters and a son Matthew Murray Kennedy St Clair, 18th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded him as Lord Sinclair.

St Clair was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on the General List of the Territorial Army in 1936 and transferred to the Coldstream Guards in 1937. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1938. St Clair served in Palestine until 1939, during which time he was wounded and mentioned in despatches. During World War II he served with the Guards Armoured Division. As a result of his wounds, St Clair retired from the army on 29 May 1947 whilst a captain and was granted the honorary rank of Major.

St Clair was also a member of the Royal Company of Archers (The Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland) for many years. This entailed only ceremonial duties.

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