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]

He died in 1832. He had married Susannah, the daughter and heiress of George Trenchard Goodenough, FRS of Borwood, Isle of Wight and had a son and 4 daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Sir Walter George Stirling, 2nd Baronet.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Petrie
John Heathcote
Member of Parliament for Gatton
1799–1800
With: John Petrie to 1800
James Du Pre from 1800
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Gatton
1801–1802
With: James Du Pre
Succeeded by
James Dashwood
Sir Mark Wood, Bt
Preceded by
Francis Horner
Samuel Stephens
Member of Parliament for St Ives
18071820
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 Baronets
(of Faskine)
1800–1832
Succeeded by
Walter George Stirling


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