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Colonel '''Sir George Murray Home Stirling, 9th Baronet''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (4 September 1869 – 1 May 1949) was a Scottish [[British Army]] officer who was [[Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire]] from 1936 until 1949.

==Background==
Stirling was the son of [[Sir Charles Stirling, 8th Baronet]] (1831–1910) by his wife Anna Georgina Murray (d.1924), daughter of James Murray. He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Page 135 – The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II|url=http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II/files/assets/basic-html/page135.html|access-date=2021-03-21|website=lib.militaryarchive.co.uk}}</ref>

He succeeded his father as Baronet, of [[Glorat]], [[Stirlingshire]], in 1910. The baronetcy had been created in the [[Baronetage of Nova Scotia]] in 1666.

Stirling was commissioned as a Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Stirlingshire in June 1915<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 6849 {{!}} Issue 29228, 13 July 1915 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29228/page/6849|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> and became [[Lord-Lieutenant]] from 29 October 1936<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 7122 {{!}} Issue 34338, 6 November 1936 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34338/page/7122|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> until his death on 1 May 1949. He was also Keeper of [[Dumbarton Castle]], a [[Justice of the peace|Justice of the Peace]] and a member of the King's Bodyguard for Scotland.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Colonel Sir George Murray Home Stirling|url=http://www.essexregiment.co.uk/biogstirling.html|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.essexregiment.co.uk}}</ref>

Stirling was appointed Commander to the Military Division of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for "valuable service rendered in connection with military operations in France''"'' in the [[1919 Birthday Honours]].

==Military career==
Stirling was commissioned a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot|2nd Essex Regiment (56th Foot)]] on 9 November 1889,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 5921 {{!}} Issue 25991, 8 November 1889 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25991/page/5921|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 7 October 1892. He served in [[British Raj|British India]], where he was a transport officer in the [[Chitral Relief Force]] under Major-General Sir [[Robert Low (Indian Army officer)|Robert Low]] in 1895, then transport officer in the [[Tirah Campaign]] on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North-West Frontier]] 1897–98.<ref name=":0" />

Stirling served in the [[Second Boer War]] in South Africa throughout the war from 1899 until 1902. He was promoted [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] on 29 January 1900. He took part in operations in the [[Orange Free State]] March to May 1900, including the battles of [[Battle of Poplar Grove|Poplar Grove]], [[Battle of Driefontein|Driefontein]] and [[Sanna's Post]] (March 1900), Houtnek, Vet River and Zand River (May 1900); then took part in operations in [[Transvaal Republic|Transvaal]] May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and the battle of [[Battle of Diamond Hill|Diamond Hill]] (June 1900). Appointed adjutant of the Burma Mounted Infantry on 15 June 1900, he saw further action in the [[Orange River Colony]] and the Transvaal until October 1900, during which he was slightly wounded (26 September 1900).<ref name=":0" />

He served as Staff Captain at Mounted Infantry Headquarters from 18 October 1900 until 19 February 1902, when he was attached to the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] as Officer Commanding Transport in the [[Bloemfontein]] district.<ref name=":0" /> The war ended with the [[Peace of Vereeniging]] in June 1902, and he stepped down from his command on 21 August, leaving [[Cape Town]] for the United Kingdom on the SS ''Scot'' the following month.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home|date=10 September 1902 |page=5 |issue=36869}}</ref>

For his service in the war, he was [[Mentioned in dispatches|mentioned in despatches]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 890 {{!}} Issue 27282, 8 February 1901 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27282/page/890|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> received the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with four clasps and [[King's South Africa Medal]] with two clasps, and was appointed a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 2701 {{!}} Issue 27306, 19 April 1901 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27306/page/2701|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref>

Stirling served in the [[Somaliland campaign]], commanding the 7th Somali Camel Corps from 12 November 1903 to June 1904, for which he received the [[Africa General Service Medal]] and clasp.<ref name=":0" />

He was appointed [[Deputy Assistant Adjutant General]], [[Mhow]] Division, [[India]] in January 1911,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 2431 {{!}} Issue 28479, 24 March 1911 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28479/page/2431|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> and promoted [[major]] in February 1912. He vacated this appointment in November 1914 to rejoin his regiment in France after the outbreak of [[World War I]]. He was appointed [[provost marshal]] to the 5th Army Corps in December 1914 and then promoted temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in November 1915, when he was given command of the 2nd Essex Regiment. Stirling was promoted temporary [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] and served as Commandant, Lines of Communication, British Armies in France from October 1918.<ref name=":0" />

Stirling was wounded and mentioned in despatches three times (in 1915, 1917 and 1918) during the course of the war. He was promoted [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] lieutenant colonel in January 1918<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 11 {{!}} Supplement 30450, 28 December 1917 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30450/supplement/11|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> and full lieutenant colonel in June 1924.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 4810 {{!}} Issue 32948, 20 June 1924 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32948/page/4810|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref>

On retirement, Stirling took command of the 9th battalion of [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]] [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]].<ref name=":1" />

==Family==
In November 1904, Stirling married Mabel Elizabeth Sprot (1883–1983), daughter of [[Sir Alexander Sprot, 1st Baronet]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 November 1904|title=Smart Wedding in St Andrews|work=Dundee Evening Post|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lady Stirling was a [[Justice of the peace|Justice of the Peace]] and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the [[1939 Birthday Honours]] for "public and social services in [[Stirlingshire]]" and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the [[1946 New Year Honours]] for her work with the [[British Red Cross]].

A glass negative of a photograph of Lady Stirling from 1921 is held in the archives of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mabel Elizabeth (née Sprot), Lady Stirling – National Portrait Gallery|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw63043/Mabel-Elizabeth-ne-Sprot-Lady-Stirling|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.npg.org.uk|language=en}}</ref>

A biography of Lady Stirling was published in the 104th edition of the Scottish Red Cross News magazine in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scottish Red Cross News magazine, issue 104|url=https://museumandarchives.redcross.org.uk/objects/37043|access-date=2021-03-21|website=British Red Cross collection online|language=en}}</ref>

The couple had five children.

* Elizabeth Gloriana (b. 27 February 1906) – Baptised [[Bangalore]], India<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Gloriana Stirling|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Gloriana-Stirling/6000000025412454502|access-date=2021-03-21|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Jean Margaret (28 August 1908 – 23 January 2008)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jean Margaret Stirling|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Jean-Margaret-Stirling/6000000025411124874|access-date=2021-03-21|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Charles Alexander Sprot Home (3 April 1910 – 19 June 1938) – Died in a yachting accident<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 July 1938|title=Yacht Trip Tragedy – Son of Sir George Stirling of Glorat Lost at Sea|work=The Falkirk Herald|url-status=live}}</ref>
* George Archibald Mungo (10 March 1915 – 14 December 1941) – Died of wounds received at [[Siege of Tobruk|Tobruk]]. Posthumously awarded a [[Military Cross]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Captain George Stirling of Glorat, younger, M.C.|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Captain-George-Stirling-of-Glorat-younger-M-C/6000000026364889126|access-date=2021-03-21|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Marjorie Marigold Ann (12 February 1920 – 20 April 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marjorie Marigold Ann Stirling|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Marjorie-Stirling/6000000039227278530|access-date=2021-03-21|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref>

With the premature deaths of his sons, the baronetcy became dormant on the death of Sir George, as the possible American heirs failed to claim it.

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