Admiral Sir James Stirling (28 January 1791 – 22 April 1865) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. His enthusiasm and persistence persuaded the British Government to establish the Swan River Colony and he became the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia. [1]

Captain (later Sir) James Stirling was the first Governor of the Colony of Western Australia, from 30 December 1828 until 2 January 1839. He was born on 28 January 1791 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1826 he commanded HMS Success to report on the Swan River.

Sir James Stirling (1791-1865), governor, was the fifth son and the eighth of the fifteen children of Andrew Stirling of Drumpellier, Lanarkshire, Scotland. His mother, Anne, was his father's first cousin, being the daughter of Admiral Sir Walter Stirling and the sister of Sir Walter Stirling, first baronet, of Faskine.

2024年9月18日 · Perth was founded by Captain James Stirling on Whadjuk country as the capital of the Swan River Colony in 1829. It was the first free-settler colony in Australia established by private capital. From 1850, convicts began to arrive at the colony in large numbers to build roads and other public infrastructure.

James Stirling was born into a privileged Scottish family in Lanarkshire in 1791. At the age of 12 he entered the navy as a first class volunteer, embarking on the storeship Camel for the West Indies. He was fortunate to have the patronage of his uncle, Rear-Admiral Charles Stirling.

Admiral Sir James Stirling (28 January 1791–22 April 1865) was a Scottish naval officer. He is also reponsible for the creation of the Swan River Colony. He was the first Governor of Western Australia. [1] In 1854, as Commander-in-Chief of theEast Indies and China Station, Stirling signed Britain's first Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty. [2]

2024年8月31日 · Capt. James Stirling saw the foundation of a colony in the west as his big chance to make a name for himself and from 1827 he campaigned vigorously to get his ideas accepted. Once the exploration had been completed, Stirling returned to his original mission and sailed to Melville Island.

Stirling, Sir James (1791-1865), naval officer and colonial governor, born at Drumpellier, Lanarkshire, was the fifth son of Andrew Stirling of Drumpellier and his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Walter Stirling (1718-1786) .

Sir James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia, was born in 1791, the fifth son of eight of the fifteen children of Andrew Stirling, of Drumpellier, Lanarkshire.

Sir James Stirling (1791-1865), a naval officer, persuaded the British government to establish a colony on the west coast of Australia. He founded and administered (1829-32 and 1834-38) the Swan River Colony (Western Australia) as lieutenant-governor then governor.