southern Waitākere Ranges, to the point where settlement leader Lachlan McLachlan confronted the investor, challenging him to a duel. Sinclair refused, and McLachlan later entered Sinclair's Auckland home, beating him with a horsewhip. Weeks after the event, Sinclair committed suicide at his home, on 23 September 1844. References Attribution External links 1790 births 1868 deaths People educated at Harrow School 19th-century Scottish writers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies Rectors of the University of Aberdeen Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain