Arthur Sinclair

Commodore Arthur Sinclair (died 1831) was an early American naval hero, who served in the U.S. Navy during the Quasi-War with France and in the War of 1812. His three sons also served in the Navy; they resigned in 1861, however, to serve in the Confederate Navy.

Sinclair was the great-grandfather of novelist Upton Sinclair, author of the muckracking novel The Jungle (1906).

References

• Sinclair, Upton. The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962.