Mr Edmund Horace Armstrong Stirling
- Position
- Member Centenary Committee
- Year of death
- 1951
- Plaque number
- FB21
- Dedicated by
- Kings Park Board on 29 September 1929
- More information
Biography abstract:
Edmund (also Edmond) Horace Armstrong Stirling (1882-26/2/1951) was born in Perth in a house fronting St Georges Terrace and was said ''to have walked the terrace from the time he could first walk".
His father Horace was a one time editor of the 'Daily News' and later the family founded and owned the 'Enquirer'.
Edmund, better known as 'Ned' inherited an almost 'feverish' desire to have placed on record authentic information respecting the history of his native state. In this, Ned assisted the Historical Society considerably, for his father collected many valuable documents and had made more extensive researches than any of his contemporaries.
Several of Stirling's forbears were among Western Australia's first colonists and newspaper men.
Following the profession of journalism, Ned went into banking and military training. He was a keen polo player and huntsman and owned race horses which he trained near the Perth-Fremantle road between Nedlands and Claremont.
After WWI, where he was badly wounded, Ned Stirling became involved in a land and estate agency business and was on the Historical Society's council. He married Florence Beatrice (Beatrice) Henry in 1925.
Mr Ned Stirling was a member of the Western Australian Centenary Committee in 1929.