Sir John Stirling (16 September 1893 – 21 March 1975) was a Scottish soldier and politician.
The eldest son of William Stirling of Fairburn, he was educated at Harrow School and at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He was a Forestry Commissioner from 1948 to 1962, and Chairman of the commission's Scottish National Committee from 1950 to 1959.
He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1956[2] and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty from 1964 to 1968.
His second son, Sir Roderick Stirling of Fairburn, would himself later serve as Lord Lieutenant.