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Authorised form of nameStirling; Charles (1760 - 1833)
Dates1760 - 1833
Date of birth28 April 1760
Place of deathAt his residence, Weybridge, Surrey
Date of death07 November 1833
OccupationSailor
ActivityCareer:
Lieutenant, West Indies; captured during fight with rebel pirate (1781); commanded the frigate 'Jason' in the Quiberon expedition (1795); made prisoner-of-war after shipwreck and exchanged (1798); Commander (1800); Resident Commissioner, Jamaica (1803-1804); Rear Admiral (1804); commanded squadron taking troops to Rio de la Plata (1806); Commander in Chief, Cape of Good Hope (1807); Vice Admiral (1810); commander in Jamaica, court-martialled for corrupt practice, placed on half pay and banned from further promotion (1811)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/06/1806
RelationshipsSon of Sir Walter Stirling; younger brother of Sir Walter Stirling (FRS 1801)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
DNB entry under Walter Stirling (his father).
CodeNA7430
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1806/07Stirling, Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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