|
STIRLING OF COUNTY CORK IRELAND
Confirmed in 1649 to Sir Robert Stirling, Knight, Governor of the City and County of Cork, Ireland,
fourth son of William Stirling of Law (a cadet of Glorat)
Sir Robert appears to have served as an ensign of foot, lieutenant of horse, and captain of dragoons in Germany for 11 years under the " Lion of the North," Gustavus Adolphus. In short, he was a fine specimen of the adventurous Scot of his day. In 1649 he was Governor of Cork, Ireland, where he was knighted Nov. 22, 1648. Sir Robert obtained on Oct. 9, 1649, a grant of arms from the Ulster King. This grant is a lengthy document and in part relates " whereas The Hunourable Robert Sterling, Knight, Governor of the Citty and County of Corke, President of the Councell of Warre, Sargent Major Generall of His Majesties Councell in the said province," etc. He was made a knight by the Lord Marquis of Ormond, Governor General of Ireland, for his distinguished services and loyalty to the late King Charles and his son, then reigning, and for the effusion of his blood and many other exploits.
Upon the margin of the Grant is the following memorandum : " Sir Robert Sterling knight was Ensign of Foot, Lieutenant of Horse and Captain of Dragoons in Germany, under the command of the King of Sweden, where he served eleven yeers. He was the fourth of December 1641, made Sargent Major and in the same Month Lieutenant Colonel, by commission from his Excellency, James Marques of Ormonde, then Lieutenant General of all his Majesties forces in Ireland. He was made Colonel of Foot the 11th of September 1645 : Governor of the City of Cork, President of the Councel of Warre, one of his Majestes Councel and Sergent Major General of his Majesties Forces in the Province of Munster," etc. " He was knighted at Cork the 12th day of November, Anno 1648."
The patent further shows from the marginal Pedigrees that Sir Robert married Jane, daughter of Edward, Lord Blaney, by whom he had three sons, Capt. Laurence, Robert, and Edward Sterling, all three of whom it is said died unmarried.
Argent, on a bend, engrailed, azure, three buckles or, and for
the augmentation, on a canton, gules, a sword in pale,
supporting on the point a crown, all proper, between a thistle and a harp in the third.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet, or, an armed arm holding
in the hand a sword, the point supporting a crown of laurel, all proper. Motto: Gang Through
|
