William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling PC was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Charles Fort, later Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1629 and Long Island, New Yo
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
Nova Scotia plaque on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle
William Alexander Monument, built of stones from his Menstrie Castle, Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1957)
Menstrie Castle
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Menstrie Castle is a three-storey manor house in the town of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, near Stirling, central Scotland. From the early 17th century, it was home to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
…1604) and Doomes-Day (1614, 1637). William Alexander was the son of Alexander of Menstrie and Marion, daughter of an Allan Couttie. He was born at Menstrie Castle, near Stirling. The family was old and claimed to be descended from Somerled, Lord of the Isles, through John of Islay. Because his father died in 1580…
The castle in 2022
Menstrie Castle in 2001, with the Ochils behind