Lancelot Stirling

Sir Lancelot Stirling
President of the South Australian Legislative Council
In office
18 July 1901 – 24 May 1932
Preceded byRichard Chaffey Baker
Succeeded byDavid Gordon
Member of the South Australian Legislative Council
In office
11 July 1891 – 24 May 1932
Preceded byWilliam West-Erskine
Succeeded byReuben Cranstoun Mowbray
ConstituencySouthern District
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
In office
12 May 1888 – 22 April 1890
Preceded byRobert Dalrymple Ross
Succeeded byTheodore Hack
ConstituencyGumeracha
In office
5 April 1881 – 5 April 1887
Preceded byFrancis William Stokes
Succeeded byJohn Cockburn
ConstituencyMount Barker
Personal details
Born(1849-11-05)5 November 1849
Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia
Died24 May 1932(1932-05-24) (aged 82)
Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal Union (to 1923)
Liberal Federation (from 1923)
Spouse
Florence Milne
(m. 1882)
Parent
RelativesEdward Charles Stirling (brother)
William Milne (father-in-law)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationLawyer, politician

Sir John Lancelot Stirling, KCMG, OBE (5 November 1849 – 24 May 1932), generally known as Sir Lancelot Stirling,[1] was an Australian politician and grazier.[2] He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1881 to 1887, representing Mount Barker, and 1888 to 1890, representing Gumeracha. He was then a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1891 to 1932, representing the Southern District. He was President of the Legislative Council from 1901 to 1932 and was Chief Secretary in the seven-day Solomon Ministry of 1899.

  1. ^ "Concerning People". The Register. 25 November 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 30 June 2012 – via Trove.
  2. ^ Mincham, Hans (1976). "Stirling, Sir John Lancelot (1849–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 December 2022.