Stirling, Edward Charles STIRLING, EDWARD CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Nov. 6, 1865. [Eldest] s. of Edward [M.L.C.]. B. Sept. 8, 1848, at Strathalbyn, South Australia. School, St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia. Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1870; M.A. 1873; M.B. 1874; M.D. 1880; Sc.D. 1910. At Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and St George's Hospital. M.R.C.S., 1872; F.R.C.S., 1874. F.R.S., 1893. Lecturer in Physiology and House Surgeon at St Georges Hospital; Surgeon, Belgrave Hospital for Children. Returned to Australia, 1881. Consulting Surgeon to Adelaide Hospital. Member of the House of Assembly, 1883-6. Lecturer and later. Professor of Physiology, University of Adelaide. Director, South Australian Museum. President, Australasian Medical Congress, Adelaide, 1905. C.M.G., 1893; Kmghted, 1917. Married, 1877, Jane, dau. of Joseph Gilbert, of Pewsey Vale, South Australia. Joint author of article on Hydatids in AUbutt's System of Medicine; Noctorycies typhlops, a new genus and species of Marsupial, etc.; Report o« Anthropology of Central Australia; Report of Horn Scientific Expedition. Died Mar. 20, 1919, in South Australia. Brother of John L. (1866) and Norman W. (1879). (Medical Directories; Who was Who; The Times, Mar. 26, 1919.) STIRLING, FRANCIS PURSER HOLBROOKE. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Oct. 3, 1900. S. of J[ames], Esq., of 9, Hillington Park Circus, Cardonald, Go van, Glasgow [Rector of Paisley Grammar School]. B. at PoUokshields, Aug. 25, 1880. At Glasgow Univ. (M.A. 1901). Matric. Michs. 1900; B.A. (i2th Wrangler) 1903. Professor of Mathematics at Madras Christian College, 1904-6. Died there, Sept. 16, 1906. (C. J. Fordyce.) STIRLING, FREDERICK. Adm. at Clare, July 9, 1897. [Eldest s. of Hugh, Esq., of Blackheath. B. Dec. 29, 1878.] School, Giggleswick. Matric. Michs. 1897; B.A. 1900. In the Pubhc Trustee's Office, 1910. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Lieut., Hampshire Regt.). Died Jan. 6, 1935, at Oakley, Hants.; buried at Wootton St Lawrence, Basingstoke. {Gigglesivick Sch. Reg.; Univ. War List; The Times, Jan. 8, 1935.) STIRLING, JAMES. Adm. sizar (age 20) at Trinity, June 2, 1856. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. James [Minister of George Street United Presbyterian Church, Aberdeen] (and Sarah Irvine). B. [May 3, 1836], at Aberdeen. School, Aberdeen Grammar; and at King's College, Aberdeen [M.A. 1855; LL.D. 1887]. Matric. Michs. 1856; Scholar, 1858; Sheep- shanks exhibitioner, 1859; B.A. [Senior Wrangler and ist Smith's prize) i860; M.A. 1863. F.R.S., 1902. Adm. at Lincohi's Inn, Jan. 23, i860. Called to the Bar, Nov. i, 1862. Law Reporter, 1865-76. Conveyancer and Equity Drafts- man. Junior (equity) Counsel to the Treasury, 1 88 1. Bencher, 1886. Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, 1886-1900. Knighted, 1886. P.C, 1900. Lord Justice of Appeal, 1900-6. Married, 1868, Aby, eldest dau. of John Thomson Renton, of Shalford, Surrey, and had issue. Resided latterly at ' Finchcocks,' Goudhurst, Kent, where he died June 27, 1916. Father of the next. [Law Lists; Who was Who; Foster, Men at the Bar; Walford, County Families; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; D.N.B.) STIRLING, JAMES IRVINE. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 21, 1888. S. of Sir James (above), of 51, Great Cumberland Place, London (and Aby, dau. of John Thomson Renton, of Shalford, Surrey). B. May 20, i86g, in London. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1888; Scholar, 1891; B.A. (Class. Trip., Pt I, ist Class) 1891; M.A. 1895. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, June 26, 1895. Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer. Of Cranbrook, Kent, and 23, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn. Died Sept. 21, 1951. [Record of Old West- minsters; Law Lists; The Times, Sept. 25, 1951.) STIRLING, JOHN. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. i, 1830. [Eldest] s. of William, Esq., of 20, Royal Circus, Edinburgh [and Content, Jamaica] (and Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Barrett, of Ciimamon, Jamaica). B. [Jan. 24], 1813, in Jamaica. Educated privately. Matric. Michs. 1830; B.A. 1839. Adm. at the Inner Temple, May 31, 1837. Married Rebecca, dau. of Major Crotty. Died in 1849. (Burke, L.G.; F. P. White.) STIRLING, JOHN ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 25, 1899. S. of Col. Patrick, of Kippendavie, Perthshire (and Margaret Mary, dau. of Rear-Admiral John Leith). [B. Sept. 20, 1881. School, Eton.] Did not reside. Second Lieut., the Gordon Highlanders (T.A.), 1899; Second Lieut., Scots Guards. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Lieut. - Col.; Bt. Major; M.C.; D.S.O., 1918, 'for conspicuous gal- lantry and devotion to duty. . .his courage and contempt of danger inspired all ranks with the greatest confidence'). Married (i) Oct. 24, 1904, Clara Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Henry Taylor, of Washington, U.S.A.; (2) 1914, Olive Louisa Blanche, dau. of Sir John Leslie, Bart.; (3) 1923, Gertrude, Stirling-Maxwell, Archibald dau. of Commander William Sherbrooke, R.N. Of Dunblane, Perthshire, and Ham Common, Surrey. [Eton Sch. Lists; Army Lists; Burke, L.G.; KeUy, Handbook.) STIRLING, JOHN LANCELOT. Adm. pens, at Trinity, July 17, 1866. [2nd] S. of Edward [M.L.C, of Adelaide] (and Harriet, dau. of John Taylor, of Ryelands, Herts.). B. [Nov. 5], 1849. at Adelaide, South Australia. School, St Peter's, Adelaide. Matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. and LL.B. 1871. Athletics 'blue' (hurdles), 1870. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 2, 1867. Called to the Bar, Nov. i8, 1872. A sheep-farmer. Entered Parliament in South Australia, 188 1; Member of Legislative Council, 1890; President, 1901. Knighted, 1902; K.C.M.G., 1909. Married, 1881, Florence Marian, dau. of Sir William Milne, of Adelaide. Of The Lodge, Strathallyn, South Australia. Died May 24, 1932. Brother of Edward C. (1865) and Norman W. (next). [Book of Blues; Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar; Walford, County Families; Who was Who.) STIRLING, NORMAN WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Jesus, Oct. 1,1879. S. of Edward, Esq. B. July 7, 1861, at Adelaide. Australia. School, Charterhouse. Did not reside. Brother of Edward C. (1865) and the above. [Charterhouse Reg.) STIRLING, THOMAS HENRY. Adm. pens, at Magdalene, Jan. 31, 1806. [Only s. of Thomas, of the Middle Temple. B. in 1789. School, Westminster.] Matric. Michs. 1806; LL.B. 1812. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Apr. 28, 1804. Called to the Bar. Nov. 23, 18 10. A Puisne Judge in Ceylon. Resided latterly at Grove House, Battersea, Surrey, where he died Feb. 7, 1864, aged 74. [Record of Old Westminsters; Law Lists; G. Mag., 1864, i. 404; Boase, ni. 750.) STIRLING (post STIRLING-MAXWELL), WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Apr. 28, 1835. [Only s. of Archibald, of Keir (and Elizabeth, 3rd dau. of Sir John Maxwell, 8th Bart.). B. Mar. 8, 1818, at Kenmure. School, private.] Matric. Michs. 1835; B.A. 1839; M.A. 1843; Hon. LL.D. 1874- Travelled abroad, exploring Mount Lebanon and visiting Spain. Succeeded to the family estates of Keir, near Dun- blane, 1847. M.P. for Perthshire, 1852-68 and 1874-8. Member of the Universities Commission, 1859 and of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1872-8. Rector of St Andrews University, 1862. Succeeded as 9th Bart., 1865, on the death of his uncle. Sir John Maxwell, and assumed the additional name of Maxwell. Elected Rector, of Aberdeen University, 1870, but declined the post. Rector of Edinburgh University, 1872. Chancellor of Glasgow University, 1876. Knight of the Thistle, 1876. Hon. Sec. of the Highland and Agricultural Society, 1841. President of the Glasgow Agri- cultural Society. Bred shorthorn cattle and Clydesdale horses. Married (i) Apr. 26, 1865, Anna Maria, 3rd dau. of David Leslie Melville, loth Earl of Leven and Melville, and had issue; (2) Mar. i, 1877, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (aged 69, poetess and granddaughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan). Author, Don John of Austria, etc. Died, of a fever, in Venice, Jan. 15, 1878. Father of John (1884) and of Archibald (1885). [Return of M.P.s; Walford, County Families; D.N.B.; G.E.C.; C. R. Hudleston.) STIRLING-CRAWFURD, WILLIAM STUART (1837), see CRAWFURD. STIRLING-HAMILTON, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus, Oct. 1892. [Youngest] s. of [Gen.] Sir W[illiam], Bart, [of Grove Lodge, Ingatestone, Essex]. B. [Dec. 2, 1873], at Exeter. [School, private.] Matric. Michs. 1892; B.A. 1896; M.B., B.Chir. and M.A. 1904. At St Bartholomew's Hospital; House Physician there. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1901. Practised at Grove Lodge, Ingatestone, Essex. M.B.E., 1920. Died Feb. 4, 1932. Brother of the next. [Medical Directories; The Times, Feb. 6, 1932.) STIRLING-HAMILTON, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 23) at Jesus, 1891. [Eldest] s. of Sir W[illiam] [loth] Bart, [who assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Stirling, 1889] (and Eliza, dau. of Major-General Barr). B. [Dec. 4, 1868], at Simla. School, Newton College, Devon. Matric. Easter, 1891. Succeeded his father as nth Bart., 1913. Of Woodgaters, Southwater, Horsham, Sussex. Married, May 24, 1902, Mabel Mary, dau. of Major-General Henry Tyndall, C.B., deceased, and had issue. Died Oct. 7, 1946, at South- water. Brother of the above. (Burke, P. and B. [sub Hamilton); Who's Who; The Times, Oct. 14, 1946.) STIRLING-MAXWELL, ARCHIBALD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 12, 1885. [2nd] s. of Sir William (1835, sub Stirling) fgth] Bart., of Keir, Dunblane, Perthshire (and Lady Anna Maria, 3rd dau. of David, loth Earl of Leven and Melville). B. there, Sept. 14, 1867. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1885. Of Keir. i6th of Keir and 13th of Cawdor. Served with the ist Batt., the Scots Guards, in the Nile expedition, 1899; in the South African War, 1899-1902. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Lieut.-Col., Lovat's Scouts (T.F. Res.) ; Brig.- General, Highland Mounted Infantry; mentioned in des- patches). M.P. for West Perthshire, 1917-18. Married, 44