Biography:Miss Stirling of Ardoch
Miss Stirling of Ardoch
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| Given name: | Mary |
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| Family name: | Stirling |
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| Year of birth: | 1764 |
| Year of death: | 1847 |
| Profile: | Composer, Musician |
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Biographical notes
Miss Stirling, of Ardoch in Strathallen, Perthshire, was a composer of some merit in a time when women seldom were publicly involved in music performance or composition (see her "Perthshire Hunt"). Sir William Stirling (1729-1799), 4th Baronet of Ardoch, married in 1762 Christian, only daughter of John Erskine of Carnock, advocate (she died in February, 1788). They had five children, all daughters:
1) Anne, heiress or Ardoch
2) Christian (1762-1832), married at Ardoch of 24th December 1784 to George Dundas of Dundas, who was shipwrecked off the island of Madagascar on 20th August, 1792. The had one son and three daughters.
3) Mary (1764-1845), married at Ardoch on 10th June 1790, to Ebenezer Oliphant of Condie.
4) Margaret (1765-1849), married 1st in Oct., 1790, to Andrew Stuart of Torrance. W.S. (author of the History of the Stewarts), and 2ndly, in 1804, to Sir William Johnstone Pulteney, Baronet.
5) Magdalene (1766-1846). Unmarried.