25-492: William Stirling may refer to: Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet (1818–1878), Scottish historical writer William Stirling (physiologist) (1851–1932), Scottish professor of physiology William Stirling (British Army officer, born 1835) (1835–1906), British general William Stirling (British Army officer, born 1907) (1907–1973), British general William Stirling (footballer) (died 1914), Scottish footballer of
50-440: A few years later. A pastoral outstation was established at Nalpa on the shore of Lake Alexandrina in 1857. In 1855, Stirling moved his family to Urrbrae , just outside of Adelaide, and established himself as a wool broker and produce merchant. The following year he entered into a partnership with Thomas Elder and Robert Barr Smith . Their firm of Elder, Stirling & Co. eventually evolved into Elders Limited , and made
75-503: A granddaughter of the famous Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan . She died three months later. Edward Stirling (politician) Edward Stirling (c. 1808 – 2 February 1873) was an early settler of South Australia. He established several pastoral properties and was a co-founder of what became Elders Limited , also serving two terms in the South Australian Legislative Council . Stirling
100-420: A house on Hutt Street , Adelaide. The pair later secured land grants near Strathalbyn, South Australia , by financing a "special survey" of the land around River Angas . By 1845 they were grazing sheep at Strathalbyn on a property named Hampden, after one of his father's Jamaican plantations. In that year they moved 3,000 sheep south-east to Rivoli Bay , a distance of 180 miles (290 km), but two-thirds of
125-638: A number of slave plantations in Jamaica and fathered at least six illegitimate children with women of colour, including Edward Stirling who became one of the first settlers in South Australia. He was privately educated at Olney in Buckinghamshire then studied at Trinity College, Cambridge , graduating with a BA degree in 1839 and proceeding to MA in 1843. He travelled in Spain and
150-619: A partnership with Thomas Elder and Robert Barr Smith , which became Elders Limited. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1855 to 1865 and served on the board of the South Australian Banking Company , later representing the bank in London where he died. His sons Edward Charles and John Lancelot Stirling were also members of parliament. Stirling was born in Jamaica in about 1808. He
175-517: A reputed fortune financing the first copper mines at Wallaroo and Moonta . Stirling was director of the South Australian Banking Company from April 1859 to the end of 1864. In 1860 he took over land near Whyalla (SA) now known as Point Lowly from James Chambers and "while he was in occupation he liberated a few pairs of rabbits to breed for sporting purposes. They increased very rapidly, and when he transferred
200-437: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet , KT , FRSE (8 March 1818 – 15 January 1878) was a Scottish historical writer, art historian and politician . Until 1865 he was known as William Stirling , and several of his books were published under that name. He
225-492: Is uncertain, but he was visibly of African descent. After moving to South Australia he identified solely as Scottish, but his mixed-race origin was passed down through oral history accounts which suggest his mother was a Creole woman named Jeanne or Jeannie. Genealogical testing of Stirling's descendants in the 21st century indicates that his mother was the daughter of a woman from present-day Ghana . In 1815, Stirling's father returned to Scotland and married Elizabeth Maxwell,
250-855: The Slave Compensation Act 1837 for the loss of 690 slaves in Jamaica. In 1839, Stirling received an accelerated inheritance of £1,000 (equivalent to £110,000 in 2023) to allow him to immigrate to the new British colony of South Australia. His cousin Charles accompanied him, while their respective brothers remained in Scotland and received annuities in Stirling's father's will. Stirling and his cousin Charles arrived in South Australia in June 1839 aboard Lady Bute . They subsequently built
275-789: The Levant and contributed to Fraser's Magazine and the Examiner . In 1848 he published his pioneering Annals of the Artists of Spain . He succeeded to the Keir estates in 1847. In 1849 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Russell. He served as the Society's vice president from 1871 to 1875. He served as Member of Parliament for Perthshire from 1852 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1878. He
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#1732781179264300-807: The National Gallery . He lived at Keir House near Dunblane . He was a breeder of shorthorns and Clydesdale horses , an ardent bibliographer and collector of works of art . He died on holiday in Venice on 15 January 1878 but his body was returned to Britain and he is buried in the Lecropt Churchyard near Stirling . He married firstly Lady Anna Maria Leslie-Melville (died 8 December 1874), daughter of David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven and Elizabeth Anne Campbell, and had, at least: In March 1877, Stirling Maxwell married secondly noted author and society figure Caroline Norton ,
325-483: The parochial school at St Vigeans , living with the schoolmaster John Bowman. He finished school at about the age of 17 or 18 and was then employed as a clerk in Glasgow by the merchant firm of Alexander and John Dennistoun , associates of his father. Stirling's father inherited the family estates in 1831. Between 1835 and 1838 he received over £12,500 (equivalent to £1,420,000 in 2023) in compensation under
350-518: The London Court of Directors, of which he was chairman at the time of his death. In September 1855 he contested the seat of Hindmarsh , without success, but was almost immediately appointed as nominated member to the 1855 Legislative Council , and was an elected member of the 1857 Legislative Council . His term ended on 28 February 1865. While parliament was in session the family lived at Urrbrae , which he rented from Alexander MacGeorge. He
375-661: The additional name of Maxwell. He was elected Chancellor of the University of Glasgow in 1875, the first to have been elected by members of the General Council (previous Chancellors having been elected by members of the Senate), and was awarded an Honorary DCL from the University of Oxford in the following year. He was a member of the University of London Senate and a trustee of the British Museum and
400-487: The daughter of Sir John Maxwell, 7th Baronet . Their son Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet , was a member of parliament in the United Kingdom. Being of mixed race, Stirling and his siblings were barred from admission to the best schools in Jamaica and had few employment prospects. When he was about eight years old, he was sent to Scotland to be educated, along with a brother and two male cousins. He attended
425-773: The flock died of coast disease within a few months and the cousins suffered financially. Stirling's father grudgingly paid debts of £1,000 (equivalent to £120,000 in 2023), writing that "you had not expect another bean from me". Stirling was appointed a justice of the peace in 1846 and in 1849 was made a district commissioner (government representative) for Macclesfield . He became "a mature man of means and apparently accepted as such in Adelaide's relatively egalitarian society". In 1853, Stirling and his cousin further expanded Hampden to its largest size of 1,129 acres (457 ha) and established another property, Highland Valley, nearby. His cousin returned to England to marry and died
450-472: The late 19th-century William George Stirling , colonial administrator, artist, sculptor, and criminologist William George Stirling (physicist) , 2018 winner of President's Medal of the IOP See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing William Stirling William Sterling (disambiguation) William Stirling-Hamilton (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
475-490: The run to A. D. Tassie [Alexander Drysdale Tassie (1832 -1873), the first British settler of Port Augusta] in 1864 there were great numbers of them there." Like Thomas Austin's release at Barwon Park at about the same time, this comprises a significant early successful rabbit release in Australia. In 1865 he and Harriett, with their two sons John and Archibald and three daughters, returned to England, where Edward joined
500-410: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Stirling&oldid=1159636372 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
525-711: Was Chancellor of the University of Glasgow from 1875 until his death and was also a Knight of the Thistle , considered the highest honour that can be conferred by the Crown on a Scotsman. 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 , and Harriet Maxwell (died 1812) and daughter of Sir John Maxwell, 7th Baronet and Hannah or Anne Gardiner, daughter of Richard Gardiner, of Aldborough , Suffolk . Stirling's father owned
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#1732781179264550-722: Was a patron of the Strathalbyn Presbyterian Church, and around 1860, before leaving the Colony for England presented that church with a bell-tower. He and his brother-in-law John Taylor were friends of Catherine Helen Spence . In 1864, Stirling moved his family to England for his sons' education, joining the South Australian Banking Company's court of directors in London. He died at his home on Queen's Gardens near Hyde Park on 2 February 1873. His pastoral holdings remained in
575-849: Was appointed a Member of the Universities Commission in 1859 and of the Historical Manuscripts Commission from 1872 to 1878, as well as of the Scottish Education Board (a forerunner to the Scottish Office ). He was elected Rector of the University of St Andrews in 1862 and of the University of Edinburgh in 1871. He succeeded to the Maxwell Baronetcy (in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia ) in 1865, assuming
600-420: Was born in Jamaica , the illegitimate child of a Scottish planter and a Jamaican woman of colour; his mixed-race ancestry was not public knowledge. He was raised in Scotland and immigrated to South Australia in 1839, financed by his father's slave compensation . Stirling established a sheep run near Strathalbyn with his cousin, later added several other properties. He later moved to Adelaide and entered into
625-573: Was the illegitimate son of Archibald Stirling, a member of the Stirling slaveholding family of Keir House in Perthshire , Scotland. The family had acquired Jamaican property in 1733. Archibald lived in Jamaica for 25 years, primarily on his Hampden plantation in Saint James Parish , and fathered at least six illegitimate children with women of colour, who may have been slaves or free people of colour . The identity of Stirling's mother
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