{{Short description|British Royal Navy admiral (1829–1885)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Vice-Admiral |name = Frederick Stirling |birth_date=1829 |death_date= November 1885 |birth_place= At sea |death_place= Brighton, East Sussex |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |service_years= |rank= Vice-Admiral |commands=HMS ''Warrior''<br>HMS ''Clio''<br>Australia Station (1870–1873)<br>Pacific Station (1879–1881) |branch=23px Royal Navy |unit= |battles=Crimean War |awards= |other_work= }} Vice-Admiral '''Frederick Henry Stirling''' (1829 – November 1885) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. He was a son of Admiral Sir James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia and Ellen Mangles.
==Naval career== Having been born at sea on the barque ''Parmelia'', off the Cape of Good Hope,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.celebratewa.com.au/files/generic_sidebar/The_Barque_Parmelia_and_its_Passengers.pdf |title=The Barque Parmelia and its passengers |access-date=3 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914001215/http://www.celebratewa.com.au/files/generic_sidebar/The_Barque_Parmelia_and_its_Passengers.pdf |archive-date=14 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stirling was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1848.<ref name=loney>[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1051 William Loney RN]</ref> He went on to serve in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.<ref name=loney/> Promoted to captain in 1860, he was given command of HMS ''Warrior'' and then HMS ''Clio''.<ref name=loney/> He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australia Squadron, in 1870 and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station, in 1879.<ref name=loney/> He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1877,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24411|page=436|date=30 January 1877}}</ref> and to vice-admiral in 1882.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25055|page=4|date=3 January 1882}}</ref>
==See also== * {{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Stirling, Frederick Henry |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=John Murray}}
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