Stirling was born in
Dundas, Ontario and educated at
Queen's University (BA 1909, BSc 1911, LLD 1951), where he was a founding member of the Queen's Bands. He served with the Canadian Engineers in
France during
World War I. As an
engineer, he became president of the Montreal-based
EGM Cape and Company Ltd. He was president of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the
Montreal Board of Trade and the Canadian Construction Association. He served as
Chancellor of Queen's in 1960–1974, retiring at the age of 86. He received the Sir John Kennedy Medal in 1954 and the
Order of Canada in 1969. Stirling Hall at Queen's, the
physics building, is named in his memory. ==References==