Sir Samuel Stirling 6th Bart.

Profile & Legacies Summary

28^th Jul 1783 - 3^rd May 1858

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Sir Samuel Stirling, 6th Bart. (1783-1858), Scottish Advocate, awarded compensation for Merchiston estate and unsuccessful counterclaimant for compensation for Kings Bay estate, both in Tobago, as trustee and executor of his brother-in-law Archibald Napier (q.v.).

Born 28/07/1783 to John Stirling, 5th Bart. and his wife Gloriana Folsome. Called to the Scottish bar 1808. Married Mary Ann Berrie in 1842. One son, Campbell A. G. Stirling, who predeceased him. Was succeeded by his nephew Samuel Home Stirling.

Sources

T71/891 Tobago claim nos. 58 (Merchiston) and 63 (Kings Bay).

Albert Mack Sterling, The Sterling Genealogy (New York, Grafton Press, 1909) p. 1909. http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I20156&tree=CC [accessed 29/06/2012]. http://www.internationalstory.gla.ac.uk/person/?id=WH25561 [accessed 31/03/2014].

We are grateful to Kerry McDonald for her assistance in compiling this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Sir Sam. Stirling

Spouse

Mary Ann Berrie

Children

d.s.p.

Occupation

Lawyer

Associated Claims (3)

Associated Estates (3)

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