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William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling PC (c. 1567 – 12 February 1640) 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 York.
Sir William Alexander (c. 1602 – 18 May 1638) was the founder, in 1629, of the Scottish colony of Nova Scotia with the establishment of Charles Fort, now the site of modern Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.
William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (December 27, 1725 [1] – January 15, 1783), was a Scottish-American major general during the American Revolutionary War.He was considered male heir to the Scottish title of Earl of Stirling through Scottish lineage (being the senior male descendant of the paternal grandfather of the 1st Earl of Stirling, who had died in 1640), and he sought the ...
On 29 September 1621, the charter for the foundation of a colony was granted by James VI of Scotland to Sir William Alexander. [1] Between 1622 and 1628, Sir William launched four attempts to send colonists to Nova Scotia; all failed for various reasons. A successful settlement of Nova Scotia was finally achieved in 1629.
Menstrie Castle is a three-storey manor house in the town of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, near Stirling, central Scotland. [1] From the early 17th century, it was home to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, who was instrumental in founding the colony of Nova Scotia. [1]
In 1621 King James VI and I as King of Scotland granted to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling a Royal Charter of all of Nova Scotia, which then included New Brunswick. [12] During the Anglo-French War (1627–1629) , under Charles I of England , by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City and Lord Ochiltree (Sir James Stewart of Killeith ...
William Cowper Alexander (1806–1874), president of the New Jersey State Senate and president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society William D. Alexander (1916–1991), American film producer William DeWitt Alexander (1833–1913), educator in Hawaii
On 10 September 1621 King James I of England signed a grant in favor of Sir William Alexander, which covered all of the lands 'between our Colonies of New England and Newfoundland, to be known as New Scotland'. Known by its Latin name Nova Scotia, the territory was larger than Great Britain and France combined.