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The Stirlings of Cadder: An account of the Original Family of that Name and of The Family of the STIRLINGS OF DRUMPELLIER With which the Representation of the Ancient House of Cadder now lies
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as he was visiting his wife in Scotland when the offer came in. In 1780 he was captain of the
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to let Horatio join the navy, and he lost the opportunity to be appointed Governor of
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inspected Stirling's ships, he was so impressed that he offered to make Stirling a
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of Faskine. He died in London in November 1786. His second surviving son,
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James Stirling: Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia
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merchant. According to family stories, he persuaded the family of
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For his son, the English banker and politician, see
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Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet

James Northcote
Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Navy
Captain
Nore Command
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Captain
Royal Navy
Royal Navy
Charles Willing
Philadelphia
Horatio Nelson
Halifax
Gibraltar
George Rodney
captured the island of Sint Eustatius
Dutch
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
King George III
baronet
Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet
Charles
James Stirling
Governor
Western Australia

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