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Sir James Stirling of Garden, (born 1930) is a retired Scottish army officer and chartered surveyor, who served as

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from 1983 to 2005."Stirling of Garden, Col Sir James"
''Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 5 June 2019. The son of a

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and a scion of the Garden branch of

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, Stirling attended

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and

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. He was commissioned into the Army, commanded the

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

and served in the

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; after leaving active service, he held commands in the Territorial Army in the 1960s and was honorary colonel of the 3rd Battalion of the

51st Highland Volunteers The 51st Highland Volunteers (51 HIGHLAND) is a battalion in the British Army's Army Reserve or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands, forming the 7th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 7 SCOTS. It is one of two Re ...

(1979–86). In the meantime, he also practised as a

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and became a partner in K. Ryden and Partners in 1962. He left the company in 1989. He also sat on the boards of

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and the Scottish Widows and Life Insurance Fund. By this time, he had already taken an active role in local affairs. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for

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in 1970 and served as vice-lieutenant between 1979 and 1983, when he became

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. Stirling was appointed a

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(CBE) in 1987, and a

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(KCVO) in the

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, the year after he retired as lord lieutenant. He was also awarded an honorary degree by the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...

in 2004, and the following year was made a Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order Saint John (GCStJ); he was Prior of the Order in Scotland between 1995 and 2009.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stirling, James Living people 1930 births Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Bailiffs Grand Cross of the Order of St John 51st Highland Volunteers officers British Army personnel of the Korean War Scottish surveyors Lord-Lieutenants of Stirling and Falkirk