Grote Stirling
Grote Stirling | |
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![]() Stirling,c. 1934 | |
Member of Parliament forYale | |
In office 6 November 1924 – 4 October 1947 | |
Preceded by | Martin Burrell |
Succeeded by | Owen Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Tunbridge Wells,Kent,England | 31 July 1875
Died | 18 January 1953 | (aged 77)
Political party | Conservative Progressive Conservative |
Spouse | Mabel Kathrine née Brigstocke |
Cabinet | Minister of National Defence Minister of Fisheries (Acting) |
Grote StirlingPC(31 July 1875 – 18 January 1953) was aCanadianpolitician.
Born inTunbridge Wells,United Kingdom, he was the son of Captain Charles Stirling (1831–1915), and officer in the Royal Navy of Scottish descent.
Stirling moved to Canada, and was elected to theHouse of Commons of Canadarepresenting theBritish Columbiariding ofYalein a 1924by-election.AConservative,he was re-elected in1925,1926,1930,1935,and1940.From 1934 to 1935, he was theMinister of National DefenceandMinister of Fisheries(Acting).
Stirling was married twice. Ha married first, inBeiruton 22 January 1903 Mabel Kathrine Brigstocke, daughter of Dr. R. Whish Brigstocke, who lived in Beirut.[1]She died in 1933, and he remarried in 1936 Gladys Annie Gready, daughter of Wallace Gready. There were four children of the first marriage, including Rear-Admiral Michael Grote Stirling (1915–2002).
References
[edit]- ^"Marriages".The Times.No. 36987. London. 26 January 1903. p. 1.
- 1875 births
- 1953 deaths
- English emigrants to Canada
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
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- People from Royal Tunbridge Wells
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