A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stirling, Thomas
STIRLING. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 28.)
Thomas Stirling entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1809, as L.M., on board the Victorious 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot; in which ship, after assisting at the reduction of Flushing, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, and joined, 10 Feb. and 11 June, 1812, the Active 38 and Imperieuse 38, Capts. Jas. Alex. Gordon and Hon. Henry Duncan. Previously to following the latter officer, about Aug. 1814, into the Glasgow 50, he contributed, we believe, to the destruction, 27 June, 1812, of a French convoy and of the batteries of Languelia and Alassio; was also, 17 Aug. in the same year, present in a spirited skirmish with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples; and, in 1813-14, witnessed the capture of Port d’Anzo, and the operations against Leghorn and Genoa. He left the Glasgow, on her return from a voyage to Madeira, 21 Aug. 1815; was promoted, 20 Sept. following, to the rank of Lieutenant; and was afterwards, from 7 July, 1831, until the close of 1833, and from 4 April, 1840, until the summer of 1841, employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Stirling is married and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.