Talk:Charles Stirling

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Charles Stirling was my 3 x great grandfather. This article was originally taken from my post in the Clan Stirling website dated August 20, 2002 (one of several posted that date), and had a link citing it. It has subsequently been edited and documented to Pamela Statham-Drew's book on Sir James Stirling, Charles's nephew. The book I cited, The Stirlings of Cadder is listed as a work not consulted, presumably because it is a rare book and none of the WikiProject Biography editors have seen a copy. I do have a copy, and would be happy to provide a photocopy of the title page and the pages on Charles, if that would be helpful (and if I could figure out how to do it).

The main thing that concerns me is the picture. You have no documentation whatsoever for the picture, which originally came from the Clan Stirling site cited above. You have no way of knowing that it is Charles Stirling. I believe it is him, because the photo I have (which I scanned and uploaded to Clan Stirling) has my great-grandmother's writing on the back saying "For Nina - Her Great-Grandfather Stirling Admiral Charles Stirling. Taken from a painting probably in the possession of Grote Stirling, M.P. Kelowna, B.C." Nina was my grandmother, Nina Stirling Freeman. I have never seen the original painting, nor have I been able to discover anyone who has or what has become of it. The image I uploaded is cropped, and I could, if you like, provide the full image.

AriesFool (talk) 02:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]