A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stirling, Spencer
STIRLING. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Spencer Stirling is son of the late Lieut.-Col. Thos. John Stirling, R.M.; grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. T. Stirling, R.M.; and brother-in-law of the late Lieut. Chas. Joseph Cater, R.N. This officer entered the Navy 13 Nov. 1824; passed his examination 6 April, 1831; and was employed in the Coast Guard as Mate and Lieutenant (commission dated 11 Jan. 1843) from 18 Jan. 1840 until appointed, 24 Nov. 1843, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge. In that vessel, which was paid off at the commencement of 1847, he served on the south-east coast of America and in the Channel; and since 14 Sept. in the same year he has again had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. He was allotted a pension for wounds 5 March, 1847.
He is senior of 1843.