William Alexander, first earl of Stirling

(1577-1640)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 8-1640 NRA: Alexander William (c 1567-1640) Earl of Stirling poet and statesman DNB: Alexander, William, first earl of Stirling (1577-1640), poet and politician LBT ID: LdStirl1 VIAF ID: 51720550 LOC ID: n83230015	B/BAP: 1577 DIED: 1640-02-12
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Scottish poet and courtier, author of Aurora (1604), a collection of sonnets. He was a friend of Drummond of Hawthornden.
REFERENCES TO William Alexander, first earl of Stirling: Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton, [22 November 1823] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1771-78 Found 2: ¶ 3 ¶ n1 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1823