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Authorised form of nameStirling; Sir; Walter (1758 - 1832)
Dates1758 - 1832
Date of birth24 June 1758
Date of death25 or 26 August 1832
OccupationBanker
ActivityCareer:
Banker, Pall Mall, London; MP for Gatton (1799-1802); MP for St Ives (1807-1820); Lieutenant Colonel of 'The Prince of Wales Loyal Volunteers' (1803); Director, Globe Insurance Company
Honours:
Bt 1800
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/03/1801
RelationshipsSon of Sir Walter Stirling of Faskine and his wife Dorothy Willing, of Philadelphia; elder brother of Charles Stirling (FRS 1806); married (28 April 1794) Susannah, daughter and heiress of George T Goodenough of Bordwood, Isle of Wight
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
BR gives date of death as 25 August 1832; DNB gives 26 August 1832. DNB gives mother's surname as Killing
CodeNA3428
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1800/16Stirling, Sir Walter: certificate of election to the Royal Society: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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