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 590 STIRLING. [7] Helen, m. 1814, to Rev. Angus Makellar, D.D. minister of Pencaitland, and had 2 sons and a dau. [8] Anne. QIR AVTLLIAM STIRLIXG-^rAXWELL, 9th Baronet (as O heir of entail in the estate of Pollok on tlie death of his maternal uncle Sir John in 18G5), K.T. lord rector Edinburgh university 1872 4. chancellor Glasgow university 1875,8, d.i,. Perth, Lanark, and Renfrew, m.i>. Renfrews. 18.52,08, memlier of senate London university 1874 8. trustee of the British miLseuni, assmne<l the additional surname of Maxwell ; b. 8 Mar. 1818; (L 15 Jan. 1878, ha-in}; m. 1st— 26 April, 1865, La<ly Anne Maria Leslie, 3rd dau. of David, Earl of Leven and MelviUe; she d. 8 Dec. 1874. He m. 2ndly— 1 Feb. 1877, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah, widow of Hon. George Chappie Korton (B. Gr.ixtlhtt), and dau. of Thomas Sheridan, Esq.; she d. 15 June following. By his 1st wife he had 2 sons, (1) John Maxwell, heir "of lus father. (2) Archibald, heir presumptive to his brother ; b. 1867. STIRLING, Sir Walter George, '' of Fas- kine " (1800, G.B.), j.p. Kent and j.p. and d.l. Sliddx. s. his father as 2nd Baronet in 1832 ; b. 1.^. JIar. 1802 ; m. 18 Aug. 1835, Lady Caroline Frances ! Byng, dau. of John, 1st Earl of Strafford, and has 2 ' sons and 2 daus. | (1) Walter. Ueut. Coldstream guards 1855, served as mid- 1 shipman in H.M.S. "Britannia" in Crimea; b. 5 Mar. 1838 ; d. unm. 5 June, 1862. (2) Walter George, lieut.-col. W. Kent art. mil. extra groom in ' waiting to the Queen since 1867, governor to h.r.h. Prince ' Leopold 1866/74, A.D.C. 1869 74 to l..l.. Ireland (E. SPEKCER), J.p. Kent and Xorthants ; b. 6 Sept. 1839 ; m. 12 Oct. 1875, Eliza Horatia, Viscountess Clifden, dau. of F. C. W. Seymour, Esq. (M. Hertford), lady of the bedchamber 1867, 72, an e.xtra lady since 1872, and has a dau. Evelyn Mary CaroUne LUah. (3) Frances ilary, m. 29 Dec. 1860, to Rev. Eliot Henry Staple- ton, rector of Mereworth, Kent (Bart.) (4) Harriet Anne, m. 29 Dec. 1860, to Charles Swinton Hogg (Bart.), adm. gen. Bengal ; he d. 16 Mar. 1870, having had issue. Abms — Arg. on a bend engrailed az. between two roses gu. seeded or barbed vert, three buckles of the fourth, a bordure of the fifth. Crest — Out of a ducal coronet a dexter arm embowed in armour holfling a dagger all ppr. Srp PORTERS — Two hinds piirpjiresemceof estoilesarg.dncally gorged or. ilOTTO — Gang forward. SE.vT.s — Burr's Wood, Tunbridge Wells, and Bordwood, Xew Church, Isle of Wight. Towx HorSE— 36, Portman Square, W. Hinragc. JOHN STIRLIXG, of Glasgow (son of John Stirling, of Balquharage, which he sr)ld, lord provost of Glasgow, great-grandson of Robert Stirling, of Bankeyr and Lettj-r, by Marion Fleming, of Boghall); b. 1 June. 1640; il. 31 July, 1709, having m. Sept. 1668, Janet, dau. of Charles Campbell; she d. 16 May, 1691, having had 3 sons, /I/ John, lord provost of Glasgow ; b. 8 Feb. 1677 ; m. 20 Aug. 1702 Isabella, dau. of John Hunter, of Forrester, Saltcoats, East Lothian, and had with otlier issue 8 sons. His grandson, ASDRi:w Stirling, of Dnimpellier, Lanarks. and of Lon- don, factor (eldest son of William StirUng and Mary, dau. of Andrew Buclianan) (in 1818 was served heir male in general to Roljert Stirling, of Bankeyr and Lettyr, who d. 1537), had a grant of arms and supporters by the Lord Lj'on 18 Aug. 1818; b. 1751; m. 26 May, 1778, his 2nd cousin Anne, only dau. of Sir Walter .Stirling, Knt. R.N.; she d. 1 June, 1830, ha ng ha<l vith 4 daus. 8 wjus, [1] William, b. 18 Mar. 1779.— [2] Walter, b. 20 Nov. 1780. [3] John, b. 20 Oct. 1786, married and had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Thomas Mayne Stirling, m. his cousin Anna, dau. of (IJharles Stirling, of Muiravonside House, Stirling, and has a dau. b. 9 Aug. 1879. — His youngest son, Ai-thur William, d. 5 Jan. 1880, aged 5. (2) John Mayne, of New Brunswick, formerly rector of Maugerville, had a dau. Mary, m. 4 Julj-, 1874, to Leonard LyeU, of Kinnordy and Pitmuies, Forfars. nephew of Sir Charles LyeU.Bart. (ext.), and has a son, — Charles Henry, b. 1875. [4] Charles, of Muiravonside House, Linlithgow ; b. 30 Sept. 1789; d. 26 Aug. 1867, having m. 1 May, 1827, his cousin Charlotte Dorothea, only dau. of Charles Stirling, vice-adm. R.X.; she d. 25 June, 1862, having had 5 sons and 3 daus. (1) Andrew, of Muiravonside, J.P. ; b. 28 May, 1829 ; m. 1 Sept. 1864, Georgina Louisa, 2nd dau. of late Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, Bart. s. p. (2) Charles, capt. late R.N.; b. 15 Jan. 1831; m. 14 Oct. 1863, MatOda Selina, dau. of Arthur Grote, Esq. B.C.S. and has a son and 3 daus. Grote. b. 31 July, 1875. — Marion. — Isabella.— Janet. (3) William, col. R.A. (h. p.), C.B. A.A. & Q.M.g. Woolwich 1880, served through the Crimean war, including battles of the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, siege and fall of Sebastopol, k.L.H. served in China expedition 1860, &c.; b. 4 Aug. 1835; m. 1st — 2 June, 1864, Anne Douglas, dau. of Sylvester Douglas Stirling, of Glenbervie, Stirlingsh.; she d. 29 Mar. 1867. He m. 2ndly— 14 July, 1869, Anna Chris- tian, dau. of William Stirling. (4) Francis, capt. R.N. u.M.s. " Atlanta" ; b. 1 April, 1839 ; lost at sea, Feb. 1880, having m. 20 Sept. 1871, Mary Caroline, dau. of Col. P M Francis, late R.E. and had a son and dau. Walter Francis, b. 31 Jan. 1880. — Mary Emma. (5) Walter, d. imm. 21 Sept. 1853. (6) Charlotte. (7) Anna, m. to her cousin Thomas Mayne Stirling, Esq. (8) Agnes. [5] Sir James, adm. R.N. com.-in-chief on the China station, founder and governor of Western Australia, lord of the admiralty; b. Jan. 1791; d. 22 April, 1865, having m. 3 Sept. 1823, Ellen, dau. of James Mangles, Esq. M.P. of Wood- bridge, Surrey ; she d. 8 Jxme, 1874, having had 5 sons and 6 daus. (1) Andrew, b. 31 Oct. 1824; d. unm. Aug. 1874. (2) Frederic Henry, rear-adm. r.n. late commodore Australian station, naval A.D.C.to the (Jueen ; b. 26 Mar. 1829; m. 15 July, 1874, Helen Cecilia, 4th dau. of late Sir Edward Deas Tliomson, K.C.H.G. C.B. and has a dau. OUve, b. 7 Sept. 1878. (3) WUliam, d. young. (4) Charles Edward, major late R.A.; b. 17 Jan. 1834; unm. (5) Walter, killed in Indian Mutiny, 1857. (6) Mary, m. 15 Mar. 1866, to Yictor, yoimgest son of Gen. Edward Pery Buckley, and has 2 sons and 2 daus. Wilfred Stirling BUCKLEY, b. 3 Mar. 1868. — Basil Thorold, b. 28 Sept. 1874.— Kathleen Mary.— Dorothy Mildmay. (7) Agnes. (8) Eliinor, m. 1st— 24 July, 1856, to James Alexander Guthrie, Esq. of Craigie, Forfarshire, who d. 17 Jan. 1873, leaving 3 sons and 6 daus. She re-m. 17 July, 1879, to Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, Bo. C'.s. (Bart.) (9) Anna Hamilton, ni. 23 July, 1863, to Alexander Wil- liam Thorold Grant- Tliorold, of Weelsby House, co. Line. J.p. D.L. high sheriff 1870, assumed additional surname of Thorold 1864, and has a sou and 2 daus. Rich Stirluig GRANT-TllOROLD, b. 9 Aug. 1868.— Hilda. — Constance Marj-. (10) Dorothea. (11) Georgina Janet, m. 1st— 24 June, 1869, to Major-Gen. Sir Henry Tombs, v.c. K.C.B. who d. 2 Aug. 1874. She re-m. 19 Dec. 1877, to Herbert Stewart, major 3rd ilragoon guanls, and has issue (E. GALLOWAY). By her 1st husband she hail 2 daus. Gwladys TOMBS and Mabel. 6] Andrew, b. Jan. 1795. (7) Robert, b. April, 1796. _8] Edward Hamilton, b. April. 1797. /2/ William, of Glasgow, m.d. male line e.xtinct. /3/ Walter, of Sherva, co. Stirling. ; b. 25 June, 1686 ; d. 13 Oct. 1732, having ni. Janet, dau. of Wilham Ruthven, of Torryburu, co. Fife ; she dietl about 1721, leading an only son, viz. : SIR WALTER STIRLING, of Faskine, capt. R.N. com- manded the " Essex," 64, in 1758, knighted at St. James' 23 Mar. 1781, on delivering the dispatches announcing the capture of " St. Eustatia " from the Dutch, com.-in-chief at the Nore, declined a Baronetcy; b. 18 May, 1718; d. 24 Nov. 1786, iil