Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William 9th Bt. [of Pollock]

Education

Rector of the University 22.11.1862 -22.11.1865.

LL.D. 16.1.1863.

Birth/childhood

Born 8.3.1818 son of Archibald Stirling of Keir and Lady Matilda Harriet Bruce.

Career

Studied at Cambridge University.

Succeeded his uncle and assumed name of Maxwell in 1865 as 9th Bt. [Baronet] Of Pollok.

Rector of the University 22.11.1862 -22.11.1865. [St Andrews University]

Spanish scholar, historian and virtuoso.

Death

Died 15.1.1878.

Sources

  • Burke, Peerage
  • DNB