James Stirling

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colonial administrator governor human naval officer

James Stirling was a 19th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Western Australia.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrator → governor → human → naval officer →
birthDate	1791-01-28 →
birthPlace	Drumpellier House, Lanarkshire → Lanarkshire NERFINISHED → Scotland →
burialPlace	St John’s Churchyard, Stoke-next-Guildford →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain NERFINISHED → United Kingdom →
deathDate	1865-04-22 →
deathPlace	England NERFINISHED → Guildford → Surrey NERFINISHED →
educatedAt	Royal Navy →
endTime	1839 →
ethnicGroup	British →
familyName	Stirling NERFINISHED →
father	Walter Stirling →
givenName	James →
hasHonor	Companion of the Order of the Bath → Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order →
knownFor	establishing the Swan River Colony → first Governor of Western Australia →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral → Rear admiral →
mother	Anne Stirling →
name	James Stirling →
namesake	City of Stirling → HMAS Stirling → Stirling Highway NERFINISHED → Stirling Range → Stirling, Western Australia →
notableWork	Founding of the Swan River Colony →
occupation	Royal Navy officer → colonial governor →
officeContested	Governor of Western Australia →
participantIn	Napoleonic Wars → War of 1812 →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station → Governor of Western Australia →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Guildford, Surrey → Western Australia →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Ellen Mangles →
startTime	1829 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Perth → Swan River Colony →	foundedBy
Swan River Colony →	colonialGovernor
Swan River Colony →	founder
Swan River Colony →	hasColonialAdministrator