Naval Officer - married Ellen Mangles 4 September 1823 at Stoke Church, Guildford, England. Lieutenant Governor and later first Governor of the Swan River Colony. Departed per the HMS 'Sulphur' in August 1832 with his family for England and returned with a knighthood on the 'James Pattison' via King George's Sound in 1834. Resigned in 1837 and departed per the 'Champion' 6 January 1839. Refer 'Land Looking West' written by Malcolm Uren and 'James Stirling' by Pamela Statham. The suburb Ellenbrook is named after the Ellen Brook, a tributary of the Swan River, which forms part of its Eastern boundary. Ellen Brook is named after Ellen Stirling, the wife of the colony's first Governor, James Stirling. Admiral Sir James Stirling died 22 April 1865 at Woodbridge, Surrey, England in his 75th year of his age and was interred at Stoke Church. Ellen died 8 June 1874. She is also buried at Stoke Church, Guildford, Surrey, England. In 1979 (Western Australia's 150th Anniversary of Foundation) the simple granite headstone was repaired and replaced. The inscription on the stone reads: 'Sacred to the memory of Admiral Sir James Stirling, Who died at Woodbridge, In this Parish, On the 22nd day of April 1865, Aged 74 Years, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life, Also, To the beloved memory of Ellen, widow of Admiral Sir James Stirling, Born 4th of September 1808, Died 8th June 1874. Thou wilt shew me the paths of life, in thy presence is fullness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore'. Psalm XV1 v11.