article_snippet: The body of Sir James Stirling, a navy admiral and the first governor of Western Australia, is buried in the graveyard .
article_snippet: An international dispute threatens to break out as The body of Sir James Stirling, a navy admiral and the first governor of Western Australia, is buried in the graveyard - but St John's Stoke church is not sure where.
article_snippet: The British naval officer, who was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1791, had explored the area before lobbying officials to allow him to establish a settlement.
article_snippet: Sir James Stirling  entered the navy at the age of 12 and went on to serve in the Napoleonic wars and the war between Britain and the US in 1812.
article_snippet: Sir James Stirling  married Ellen Mangles at Stoke Church, Guildford, on September 3 1823.
article_snippet: Sir James Stirling  would go on to oversee the development of the area and remained in Sir James Stirling  post until 1838 when Sir James Stirling  resumed Sir James Stirling  naval career.
article_snippet: Sir James Stirling  became an admiral in the 1860s and died in retirement at Guildford on April 22 1865. '
article_snippet: Sir James Stirling  was buried at the site following Sir James Stirling  death in 1865 but when a new rectory was built on the graveyard in 1977 Sir James Stirling  stone was accidentally smashed and moved to the entrance of the church.
highlights_snippet: St John's Stoke church, in Guildford, Surrey, is the resting place of Sir James Stirling .
  