Sir Angus Duncan Æneas Stirling, sometime director-general of the National Trust, died 1 June, 2026, aged 92, and scion of that landed gentry family, of Fairburn.
He was born 10 December, 1933, son of Capt Duncan Alexander Stirling (1899-1990), and his wife Lady Marjorie Hilda Murray (1904-2000), daughter of the 8th Earl of Dunmore, VC (1871-1962).
He married 20 June, 1959, Armyne Morar Helen Schofield (born 29 June, 1934), eldest daughter of William George Broadbent Schofield (1899-1987), and his wife the Hon Armyne Margaret Astley (1909-1979), daughter of the 21st Baron Hastings (1882-1956), and his wife the Lady Marguerite Helen Nevill (1887-1975), daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny (1854-1938).
Stirling was a governor and deputy chairman of the Royal Ballet. At various times he was a council member, governor or trustee of the Byam Shaw School of Art, the Courtauld Institute, the London Symphony Orchestra, Live Music Now, the Theatres Trust, the Royal School of Church Music, Gresham School and Stowe House Preservation Trust. He was also president of the Friends of Holland Park and a former Prime Warden of the Fishmongers Company. He was knighted in 1994.
He leaves a Widow and a son, Duncan (born 1963), and two daughters, Emma (born 1960), and Candida (born 1966).
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