A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stirling, Joseph Francis
STIRLING. (Commander, 1843.)
Joseph Francis Stirling entered the Navy 27 June, 1811; obtained his first commission 10 July 1824; was appointed, 8 Nov. 1828, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood at the Nore; served from 31 March, 1831, until 1833, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the St. Vincent 120 and Alfred 50, to Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Commander- in-Chief in the Mediterranean; and on 29 Nov. 1842 was again appointed to the St. Vincent as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth. He attained his present rank 2 Jan. 1843; and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.