1  The  "Monumental  Inscriptions  of  the  British  West  Indies,"  1875,  p.  121,  gives
the  inscription  upon  the  stone  of  Robert  Sterling:  "Robert  Stirling,  Esq.,  of  Hampton,
in  the  Parish  of  St.  James  —  Fifth  son  of  William  Stirling  of  Keir,  in  the  County  of
Perthshire,  Scotland,  who  died  September  the  28th  1808,  aged  36  years."  The  same
work  states  that  "the  branches  of  the  Stirlings  of  Kippenross  and  Kippendavie  were
also  connected  with  Jamaica.  Patrick,  son  of  John  Stirling  of  the  latter,  married  a
daughter  of  George  Wedderburn  of  Paris,  Westmoreland,  and  William  Stirling,  his
younger  brother,  married  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry  Barrett  of  Cinnamon
Hill."     (See  the  Kippendavie  Line.)


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6  Margaret  Stirling ;   died  at  Keir  in  June,  1784.
7  Marion  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  June  12,  1774;    she

kept  house  at  Keir  for  her  brothers  James  and
Archibald  for  fifty  years,  and  died  there,  unmar-
ried, Mar.  1,  1842,  and  was  buried  at  Lecropt.
8  Jean  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  July  2,  1775 ;    died  at

Bromley,  Kent,   Sept.  7,   1855.
Children  by  second  marriage:

9  William  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Aug.   23,  1789.     He

entered  the  First  King's  Dragoon  Guards  in  1810  ;
was  a  captain  in  1815,  and  was  engaged  at  the
Battle  of  Waterloo.  He  retired  in  1818.  He
married  first,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Anderson,
a  merchant  in  London,  and  had  one  son :

William  Stuart  Stirling-Crawfurd,  born  Nov.
29,  1819,  of  Milton.  He  assumed  the  name  of
Crawfurd  on  inheritance  from  his  grandaunt,  Mrs.
Margaret  Stuart  Rae  Crawfurd  of  Milton.  Win.
