Lancelot Stirling

The Honourable
Sir Lancelot Stirling
KCMG, OBE
President of the Legislative Council
of South Australia
In office
18 July 1901 – 24 May 1932
Preceded byRichard Chaffey Baker
Succeeded byDavid Gordon
Member of the Legislative Council
of South Australia
In office
11 July 1891 – 24 May 1932
Preceded byWilliam West-Erskine
Succeeded byReuben Cranstoun Mowbray
ConstituencySouthern District
Member of the House of Assembly
In office
12 May 1888 – 22 April 1890
Preceded byRobert Dalrymple Ross
Succeeded byTheodore Hack
ConstituencyGumeracha
In office
5 April 1881 – 5 April 1887
Preceded byFrancis William Stokes
Succeeded byJohn Cockburn
ConstituencyMount Barker
Personal details
Born(1849-11-05)5 November 1849
Strathalbyn, South Australia
Died24 May 1932(1932-05-24) (aged 82)
Strathalbyn, South Australia
PartyLiberal Union (to 1923)
Liberal Federation (from 1923)
Spouse
Florence Milne
​
(m. 1882)​
Parent
RelativesEdward Charles Stirling (brother)
William Milne (father-in-law)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationLawyer, politician

Sir John Lancelot Stirling, KCMG, OBE (5 November 1849 – 24 May 1932), generally known as Sir Lancelot Stirling,[1] was an Australian politician and grazier.[2] He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1881 to 1887, representing Mount Barker, and 1888 to 1890, representing Gumeracha. He was then a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1891 to 1932, representing the Southern District. He was President of the Legislative Council from 1901 to 1932 and was Chief Secretary in the seven-day Solomon Ministry of 1899. His non-continuous terms over several decades add up to a total of just under 49 years of service. He is, to date, the longest-serving politician in the history of South Australia.

Career

Sir Lancelot in 1926, 6 years before his death

Stirling was made a knight bachelor on 14 August 1902,[3] after the honour had been announced in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902.[4] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1909 and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1918.

Family

On 2 December 1882, Stirling married Florence Marion, daughter of Sir William Milne and was survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.[2] His elder daughter Madge Mary Stirling (1887–1940) married Knox Lister Colley (1885 – 7 December 1934) on 28 January 1914. Knox was a grandson of R. B. Colley, first mayor of Glenelg.

References

  1. ↑ "Concerning People". The Register. 25 November 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 30 June 2012 – via Trove.
  2. 1 2 Mincham, Hans (1976). "Stirling, Sir John Lancelot (1849–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "No. 27465". The London Gazette. 15 August 1902. p. 5327.
  4. ↑ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
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