Great
grand
parents

Gen.=+7
        Andrew   Buchanan
1690-1759 Second son. Bought Drumpellier in 1735 from David Colquhoun of London. Also a partner in King's Street Sugar House, and one of the six founders of the Ship Bank. Provost of Glasgow in 1740. / http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou076.htm www.esd.co.nz/buchanan/body/zzdrump.html
      John   Stirling
1677-1736 18th of Cadder Burgess & Provost (1728) of Glasgow
  Andrew   Buchanan
1690-1759 Second son. Bought Drumpellier in 1735 from David Colquhoun of London. Also a partner in King's Street Sugar House, and one of the six founders of the Ship Bank. Provost of Glasgow in 1740. / http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou076.htm www.esd.co.nz/buchanan/body/zzdrump.html
  Walter   Stirling
1686-1732 of Sherva, Fife (from his 2nd wife). Baillie in Glasgow.
  Charles   Willing
1710-1754 of Philadelphia, Mayor 1748-9 & 1754 11 children in all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willing
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
    Mary (or Marion)   Montgomerie of Boutrehill or Bewtree   Isobella   Hunter
1680-1733
Mary (or Marion)   Montgomerie of Boutrehill or Bewtree Janet   Ruthven
1697-1721 of Torryburn, Scotland
Anne "Nancy"   Shippen
1710-1791
Grand
parents

Gen.=+6
  m.   James   Buchanan
d. 1786 Elder son. Provost of Glasgow, 1768 and 1774. Arms recorded in Lyon Register Volume 1, p. 261, 25 May 1761. Ruined in the tobacco crash of 1777 and sold Drumpellier to his nephew Andrew Stirling.
m. Margaret   Hamilton dau. of the Hon. John Hamilton, son of the 6th Earl of Haddington. William   Stirling
b. 28 JUL 1717
d. 3 MAY 1777 Founded 'William Stirling & Sons' fought at Culloden Burgess of Glasgow (admitted 14 Feb 1745) IGI also lists a dau Marian c. 26 Jun 1750
m. Mary   Buchanan
b. 1730
d. 25 DEC 1806
Walter, Sir   Stirling
b. 7 MAY 1718
d. 24 NOV 1786 of Faskine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stirling
m. Dorothy   Willing
b. 3 AUG 1735
d. 20 SEP 1782
Parents
Gen.=+5
George, Admiral Sir   Home of Blackadder m. Helen   Buchanan Andrew   Stirling
b. 7 FEB 1751 or 50
d. 29 MAR 1823 Pirbright Lodge, Surrey of Cadder and Drumpellier (bought 1781). Founded: 1/10/1792, Commission House of Stirling, Hunter & Co. London, which became Andrew Stirling & Co. when Mr D. Hunter left.
m. Anna Dorothea   Stirling
b. 23 AUG 1762 St. Alban's Wood St, London
d. 13 JUN 1830 or 1 Jun? Pirbright Lodge, Surrey
Husband,
wife &
siblings

Gen.=+4
  James, Sir Home
b. 17 MAR 1790 Blackadder, Berwickshire
d. 12 MAR 1836 George St, Edin. 8th Baronet
G4, ID=671
m.
Anna Stirling
b. 2 SEP 1792 Drumpellier
d. 8 JUN 1866 19 Rutland Street, Edinburgh
G4, ID=670
William 1779-1850 22nd of Cadder and of Drumpellier. Worked in Manchester & established Stirling & Beckton there and Stirling Bros. & Co. in London. They went bankrupt in 1826.
Walter 1780-1864 23rd of Cadder and of Drumpellier. Short Naval career, then worked in London for a time. Bankrupt 1826 but died well off.
Dorothea Willing 1782-1787
Mary 1783-1784
Mary 1785-1795
John 1786-1853 of Eldershaw & of Deanscourt, Cathedral Place, St Andrews
Eliza Ibbetson 1788-1789
Charles 1789-1867 Partner in the firm of Stirling & Beckton of Manchester until end of 1834. Bought Muiravonside in Autumn 1835.
James, Sir 1791-1865 Founder & 1st Governor of W. Australia
Dorothea Willing 1793-1841
Andrew 1795-1816
Robert Mackie 1796-1829 Educ. Glasgow Univ. 1808.
Edward Hamilton 1797-1873
Mary Noel 1798-1834
Agnes 1799-1873
Children
Gen.=+3
John, Sir
b. 4 AUG 1829
d. 26 MAR 1849 9th Baronet
George, Sir
b. 23 SEP 1832
d. 30 JUL 1887 10th Baronet
m.
Ann Oliphant Speirs
b. 1833
d. 1906 Her mother was descended from Neil Buchanan (brother of Archibald and Andrew)
Grand
children

Gen.=+2
  Catherine 1859-1916
James, Sir 28 SEP 1861-1 AUG 1931 11th Baronet of Blackadder. Lieut. Black Watch. Captain 11th H.L.I. 1914.
Anna Beatrice 1863-1937
Robert Graham Spiers 26 MAY 1864-DEC 1882 died when the ship Louisa sank
Alice Georgina 1867-
John, Sir 9 JUL 1872-19 OCT 1938 12th Baronet
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