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William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling PC (c. 1567 – 12 February 1640) was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Charles Fort, later Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1629 and Long Island, New York. His literary works include Aurora (1604), The Monarchick Tragedies (1604) and Doomes-Day (1614, 1637).
- Alexander Alexander of Menstrie
- Charles I
- Janet Erskine
- The Earl of Haddington
Apr 28, 2022 · Sir William Alexander (c.1577-1640), 1st bt. and 1st Earl of Stirling. William Alexander was the only son of Alexander Alexander (d. 1581) and Marion Graham, daughter of Gilbert Graham of Gartavertane. His father died while he was young and his grand uncle James was appointed his tutor. Paul believes he received his early education at the ...
- Menstrie, Scotland
- Janet Erskine, Countess of Stirling
- Scotland
- between circa 1567 and circa 1580
Apr 10, 2024 · William Alexander, 1st earl of Stirling (born c. 1576, Menstrie, Clackmannan, Scot.—died Feb. 12, 1640, London, Eng.) was a Scottish courtier, statesman, and poet who founded and colonized the region of Nova Scotia in Canada. When King James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne as James I in 1603, Alexander attended his court in London.
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Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling. Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, lived from 1567 to 12 September 1640. He was a Royal courtier and poet who went on to establish Nova Scotia. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. William Alexander was born in the village of Menstrie in ...
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, Earl of Stirling, remembered in the land of his birth as a scholar, poet, courtier, and the favourite of James I and Charles I of England in their dealings with Scotland; and on this side of the Atlantic as the putative founder of a new Scotland under the aegis of both monarchs; b. c. 1577; d. 1640. Though his colonizing interest is the chief ...
His embrace of high society was exemplified by his pursuit of the lapsed Scottish earldom of Stirling in 1757. In 1621, Charles I had awarded title to 10 million acres of North American land to the first Earl of Stirling, who was also named William Alexander. Henry Alexander, the fifth Earl of Stirling, had died without an heir.
William Alexander, Lord Stirling. Date of Birth - Death 1727 – January 15, 1783. Though not always the most recognizable person in the Revolutionary War, William Alexander, "the Lord Stirling," was certainly a colorful figure nonetheless. Born in New York sometime in the year 1727, his father, James, served as an engineer for the Jacobite ...
