James Stirling (Royal Navy officer)

Sir James Stirling
Born	28 January 1791 Drumpellier, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	22 April 1865(1865-04-22) (aged 74) Woodbridge, Guildford, Surrey, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Brazen HMS Success HMS Indus HMS Howe Colony of Western Australia East Indies and China Station
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars War of 1812 Russian War of 1853–1856
Awards	Knight Bachelor

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] Stirling showed diplomatic skill and was selected for many important missions. Stirling also led the attack in Western Australia on a group of about seventy Bindjareb men, women and children. This is now known as the Pinjarra massacre.^[3]

1. ↑ National Archives of Australia Stirling's commission Archived 7 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ Dictionary of Australian Biography James Stirling
3. ↑ Ryan, Lyndall; Pascoe, William; Debenham, Jennifer; Gilbert, Stephanie; Richards, Jonathan; Smith, Robyn; Owen, Chris; Anders, Robert J; Brown, Mark; Price, Daniel; Newley, Jack; Usher, Kaine (2017). "Pinjarra". Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia. University of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2019-11-23.