Archibald Hugh Stirling, Laird of Keir (born 18 September 1941), is a Scottish theatrical producer, a former officer in the Scots Guards,[1] and Laird of the Keir estate at Lecropt in the Stirling council area in Scotland.
[3] Stirling's first wife was Charmian Rachel Montagu Douglas Scott (18 July 1942 – 5 April 2009).
Their marriage ended in divorce after Stirling had an affair with actress Joely Richardson.
On 4 January 2007, news media reported that Stirling (referred to as a "Scots millionaire") had begun setting up a new political party aiming to improve standards at the Scottish Parliament in order "to make Scottish politics work for the disillusioned majority," and will "also put defending the Union at the heart of its policy.
[7] The party was backed by an unnamed group of like-minded people, including the millionaire Inverness businessman Robert Mcleod Hotchkiss, opposed to the breakup of the United Kingdom.