1803 - 1846 (43 years)
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| Name |
Sylvester Douglas (of Glenbervie (formerly Woodside)) Stirling |
| Birth |
3 Feb 1803 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
2 Sep 1846 |
| Person ID |
I88372 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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| Notes |
- 5th son (some say 7th son)
Sylvester Douglas Stirling was a useful and enterprising
Stirlingshire laird. He married, in 1830, Anne Patricia Craigie Connell, daughter of David Connell, by whom he had a son,
Charles Douglas Stirling of Glenbervie, who died in 1856, and several daughters. The second, Mary Catherine, was married to her cousin, William Stirling of Tarduf, third son of William Stirling of " Content." Their eldest son, Major William George Hay Stirling, married, in 1895, Mary Louisa," eldest daughter of William George Spens (descended from the old family of Spens of Lathallan) by his wife, the Honourable Mary Catherine Borthwick. Sylvester Douglas Stirling was drowned while bathing at Ardrossan, 2nd September, 1846. His wife survived him fifty-three years, and died at Glenbervie in 1899,
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