Alexander, William, 1726-1783

LC control no.	n 85017551
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Alexander, William, 1726-1783 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1726-1783 Lord Stirling, 1726-1783 Stirling, Lord, 1726-1783
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1726
Death date	1783-01-15
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Place of death	Albany (N.Y.)
Profession or occupation	Soldiers Armed Forces Officers
Special note	Data provided by the ESTC/BL
Found in	His The conduct of Major Gen. Shirley, 1758 (name not given) DNB (Alexander, William (1726-1783); American major-general; claimed to be Sixth Earl of Stirling; b. 1726, New York; d. 1/15/1783, Albany, N.Y.) NUCMC data from N.J. Hist. Soc. for Chew family. Papers, 1735-1796 (William Alexander (Lord Stirling)) Cyc. of Am. Bio, 1915 (Alexander, William, called Lord Stirling, soldier, b. NYC in 1726; d. in Albany 15 Jan 1783; joined British army in commissariat dept. and became aide-de-camp to Gov. Shirley; in 1757 prosecuted his claim to the earldom of Stirling before House of Lords without success; 1761 ret. to Am. and m. dau. of Philip Livingston; like his father, James, held office of surveyor gen.; entered revol. army as col. of the batt. of east N.J. in Oct. 1775; dist. himself by capture of Brit. armed transport for which Congress made him brig. gen.; at battle of Long Is. in 1776 was taken pris. and later exchanged; 1777 prom. to maj. gen.; at Trenton, rec. surrender of a Hessian reg.; one of the founders of Columbia Col., called King's Col. before rev. war and became its first gov.)
Associated language	eng