Ian Sinclair (barrister)

Sir Ian McTaggart Sinclair KCMG QC (14 January 1926 – 8 July 2013) was a British international lawyer and diplomat.^[1]

Sir Ian Sinclair
Born	Ian McTaggart Sinclair 14 January 1926 Glasgow, Sinclair
Died	8 July 2013
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	lawyer and diplomat

Born in Glasgow, Sinclair was educated at the Glasgow Academy, Merchiston Castle School, and King's College, Cambridge, where he read law. He joined the Foreign Office as an assistant legal adviser in 1950. In 1976, he was appointed Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, serving until 1984, when he retired early. After his retirement, Sinclair returned to the bar.