Everina Sinclair

Everina Sinclair (21 May 1870 – 1966), was an Irish woodworker and teacher.

Early life and career Everina Mary Caroline Sinclair was born into a landowning family, of Bonnyglen, Inver, County Donegal. The Sinclair family had been based in Holyhill, Strabane, County Tyrone from the mid seventeenth century but had bought Bonnyglen in 1848. Her father was James Montgomery Sinclair who became a Justice of the Peace and high sheriff of County Donegal in 1899. Her mother was Mary Everina Barton, youngest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Barton of the 2nd Life Guards. She had a brother, William Hugh Montgomery Sinclair (1868–1930) who was a barrister from 1897 before joining the consular service in 1900. She also had a sister Rosabelle.

Sinclair was one of Ireland adherents of the Arts and Crafts movement, bringing it to Ireland, and developing a native, Celtic style. They had one daughter Edith Heather who was born in New Zealand. By 1911 home was Inishcoo Island in Donegal. She seems to have stopped teaching after her marriage. Sinclair died in 1966.