John Stirling of Kippendavie

He was born on 22 December 1742, the second son of Patrick Stirling 4th laird of Kippendavie (1704-1745), from a family of renowned Jacobite sympathisers, and his wife Margaret Douglas.

On his brother's death, he also inherited the Keir plantation on Jamaica in the West Indies.

A monument to his memory by Peter Turnerelli lies high on the north wall.

His daughter Eliza Christian Stirling married Sir William John Milliken-Napier, 8th Baronet.

[7] His portrait with his youngest daughter by Sir Henry Raeburn hangs at Fyvie Castle.