Patrick James Stirling Explained

Patrick James Stirling FRSE LLD (1809 - 23 March 1891) was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and author on law and economics. He was the leading lawyer in western Perthshire.

Life

He was born at Dunblane in 1809, the son of Mary Graham (d.1846) and her husband, Robert Stirling (1765-1817). He appears to be related to the Stirlings of Kippendavie.^[1]

He studied law at the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh.

In 1848 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being James Haldane. He was awarded an honorary doctorate (LLD) by the University of St Andrews for his literary works.^[2]

He died on 23 March 1891.

Family

In 1836 he married Katherine Murray (b.1806).

Publications

• The Law (translated the French text of Frederic Bastiat's book into English)
• Economic Sophisms (co-written with Frederic Bastiat)
• The Philosophy of Trade
• Fallacies of Protection (co-written with Frederic Bastiat)
• Harmonies of Political Economy 2 vols (co-written with Frederic Bastiat)
• The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries
• Essays on Political Economy (co-written with Frederic Bastiat)

Notes and References

1. Web site: University of Glasgow :: Manuscripts Catalogue :: Patrick James Stirling. special.lib.gla.ac.uk. 2019-06-08.
2. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X. 2018-09-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf. 2016-03-04. dead.