Patrick James Stirling


Patrick James Stirling FRSE LLD was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and author on law and economics. He was the leading lawyer in western Perthshire.

Life

He was born at Dunblane in 1809, the son of Mary Graham and her husband, Robert Stirling. He appears to be related to the Stirlings of Kippendavie.
He studied law at the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh.
In 1848 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being James Haldane. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of St Andrews for his literary works.
He died on 23 March 1891.

Family

In 1836 he married Katherine Murray.

Publications