• Lines of baronets bearing the surname Stirling have existed since the 17th century in several distinct localities of Scotland. The earlier baronetages...
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    Baronet (5 August 1940 – 17 September 1989) Sir Malcolm William Bruce Stirling-Hamilton, 14th Baronet (born 6 August 1979) Hamilton baronets Stirling...
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  • Look up Stirling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stirling is a city and former ancient burgh in Scotland. Stirling may also refer to: Stirling's approximation...
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  • a Member of Parliament. Stirling was born at Keir near Dunblane, the second son of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet of Keir and Pollok and his...
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    Clan Stirling is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. The Scottish town of Stirling and Stirling Castle lie at the crossroads of Scotland and this...
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    Stirling was born at Kenmure, the son of Archibald Stirling, Esq., of Keir and Cawder, and Elizabeth Maxwell, sister of Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet...
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    Earl of Stirling was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 14 June 1633 for William Alexander, 1st Viscount of Stirling. He had already...
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    Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet, KT, DL, FRSE (6 June 1866 – 30 May 1956) was a Scottish landowner, Tory politician and philanthropist...
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    artist. Stirling was commissioned into the Scots Guards on 24 July 1937. When the Second World War broke out in September 1939.: 8–10  Stirling was in...
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  • The Maxwell, later Stirling-Maxwell, later Maxwell Macdonald Baronetcy, of Pollok in the County of Renfrew, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia...
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    William Hamilton, 9th Baronet FRSE (8 March 1788 – 6 May 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician. He is often referred to as William Stirling Hamilton of Preston...
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    a scion of the Stirling baronets of Ardoch. He was the second son of Sir Henry Stirling, 3rd Baronet, and Anne Gordon. In 1758 Stirling came to America...
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  • Stirling-Hamilton Baronets Sir William Stirling-Hamilton, 11th Baronet (1868–1946) of the Stirling-Hamilton Baronets Stirling-Hamilton Baronets William Stirling (disambiguation)...
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    Boroughbridge, mentioned that baronets took part, along with barons and knights. Edward III created eight baronets in 1328. The title of baronet was initially conferred...
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  • James Stirling may refer to: James Stirling (mathematician) (1692–1770), Scottish mathematician Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet (c.1740–1805), Scottish...
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  • Lieutenant of Stirlingshire from 1936 until 1949. Stirling was the son of Sir Charles Stirling, 8th Baronet (1831–1910) by his wife Anna Georgina Murray (d...
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    was entrusted to the care of his great-uncle James in Stirling, he was probably educated at Stirling grammar school. There is a tradition that he was at...
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  • Archibald Stirling may refer to: Archibald Stirling, Lord Garden (1617–1668), Scottish judge Archibald Stirling, father of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell...
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  • future baronets, and empowering them to offer a further inducement to applicants; and on the same day he granted to all Nova Scotia baronets the right...
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    West Indies as clerk to Archibald Stirling of Keir, a sugar plantation owner there (great-uncle of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell). Not long afterwards James...
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  • Stirling is a Scottish name that originated in Stirlingshire, Scotland. Since prior to the Norman conquest the family held its seat in Stirling, Scotland...
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    Nicolson, 11th Baronet. The Nicolson family descends from Thomas Nicolson. In 1636 he was created a Baronet, of Carnock in the County of Stirling, in the Baronetage...
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  • Hamilton, 1st Baronet Hamilton baronets of Haggs (1670) Hamilton baronets of Preston (1673): see Stirling-Hamilton baronets Hamilton baronets of Mount Hamilton...
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  • the fourth Baronet, who succeeded his father in that year. see Earl of Stirling see Cable-Alexander baronets see Hagart-Alexander baronets Sir Douglas...
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  • Donald Adamson, Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, Sir Donald Cameron, Sir David Stirling, baronets Sir Fitzroy Maclean and Sir George Dick-Lauder, the Duke of Atholl...
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  • Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet (24 June 1758 – 25 August 1832) was an English banker and politician. He was born in Philadelphia the son of Captain...
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    Lancelot Stirling were also members of parliament. Stirling was born in Jamaica in about 1808. He was the illegitimate son of Archibald Stirling, a member...
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  • William Stirling may refer to: Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet (1818–1878), Scottish historical writer William Stirling (physiologist) (1851–1932)...
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  • George Stirling may refer to: George Faulds Stirling, English-born educator, rancher and political figure in British Columbia Sir George Stirling, 9th Baronet...
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    James Stirling (1692–1770), mathematician Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet (1739–1805), three times Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Sir Gilbert Stirling, baronet...
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