Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet

Sir Walter Stirling, 1st Baronet (24 June 1758 – 25 August 1832) was an English banker and politician.^[1]

He was born in Philadelphia the son of Captain Walter Stirling, RN of Faskine, Lanark and his wife Dorothy Willing of Philadelphia.

He was Captain commandant then Major commandant of the Somerset Place Volunteers in 1798, Lieut-Col. of the Prince of Wales's Loyal Middlesex Volunteers in 1803-08 and a member of the London and Westminster Light Horse in 1803–07.

He was a director of the Globe Insurance Co. and a junior partner in the bank of Hodsoll and Michel (later Hodsoll and Stirling) in the Strand. He was elected

MP for Gatton, Surrey from 1799 to 1802 and St Ives, Cornwall from 1807 to 1820. He was created a baronet in 1800 and appointed High Sheriff of Kent

for 1804–05.

He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1801.^[2]

In 1794, he married Susannah, the daughter and heiress of George Trenchard Goodenough, FRS of Borwood, Isle of Wight: they had a son and 4 daughters. Lady Stirling died in 1806, and is buried in St Mary's Church, Harmondsworth.^[3]

He died in 1832 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

Sir Walter George Stirling, 2nd Baronet

.

References

^ "STIRLING, Walter (1758-1832), of Shoreham Castle, nr, Sevenoaks, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^ "Harmondsworth: Church Pages 17-19 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1971. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Petrie John Heathcote	James Du Pre from 1800	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	1801–1802 With: James Du Pré	Succeeded by James Dashwood Sir Mark Wood, Bt
Preceded by Francis Horner Samuel Stephens	Member of Parliament for St Ives 1807–1820 With: Samuel Stephens to 1812 William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley 1812–18 Samuel Stephens from 1818	Succeeded by Lyndon Evelyn James Graham
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Faskine) 1800–1832	Succeeded by Walter George Stirling

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[1] "STIRLING, Walter (1758-1832), of Shoreham Castle, nr, Sevenoaks, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".

[2] "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

[3] "Harmondsworth: Church Pages 17-19 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1971. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

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