Earl of Stirling

Earldom of Stirling
Held with
Earldom of Dovan

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Arms: Quarterly, 1st & 4th: Per pale argent and sable a chevron and a crescent in base counterchanged (Alexander of Menstrie); 2nd & 3rd: Or, a lymphad sable between three crosses crosslet bottony fitchée gules 2 and 1 (Stirling). In the point of honour, an escutcheon argent, a cross saltire azure charged with an escutcheon of the arms of Scotland (Nova Scotia)

Creation date14 June 1633
Created byCharles I of England
PeeragePeerage of Scotland
First holderWilliam Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
Last holderHenry Alexander, 5th Earl of Stirling
Subsidiary titlesViscount of Canada
Lord Alexander of Tullibody
Baronet Alexander of Menstrie
StatusDormant
Extinction date1739
Seat(s)Menstrie Castle
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

Earl of Stirling was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 14 June 1633 for William Alexander, 1st Viscount of Stirling.[1] He had already been created a Baronet, of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 12 July 1625, then Lord Alexander of Tullibody and Viscount of Stirling on 4 September 1630, then Earl of Dovan in 1639.[1][2] He was made Viscount of Canada at the same time that he was granted the earldom of Stirling.[3] The other peerage titles were also in the Peerage of Scotland. The titles became dormant upon the death of the fifth Earl in 1739.

  1. ^ a b Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1885). "Alexander, William (1567?-1640)" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 01. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 275.
  2. ^ "NOTES AND COMMENTS - Canada and the Peerage". Volume XLV. No. 13843. New Zealand Herald. 1 September 1908. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ "William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling". Britannica.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.