Angus Stirling

Sir Angus Duncan Æneas Stirling (10 December 1933 – 1 June 2026) was a British arts administrator and conservationist who was director general of the National Trust and served on many other charitable bodies in the United Kingdom.

Stirling was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, before taking a Diploma in the History of Art at London University as an extramural student.^[1] He was Honorary Fellow of The Courtauld Institute of Art, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. He trained as an artist at the Lydgate Art Research Centre in Britain and had exhibitions in London and in Somerset.

Sir Angus Stirling died on 1 June 2026, aged 92.^[2]

Appointments

Director general of the National Trust^[1] 1983–1995
Chairman of the Greenwich Foundation for the Royal Naval College, Greenwich^[1] 1997–2004
Trustee of the Samuel Courtauld Trust 1990–2012
Member of governing board, the Courtauld Institute of Art 1981–1983 and 2002–2014
Trustee, World Monuments Fund in Britain, 1996–2007
Governor of Gresham's School^[1]
Chairman of the Royal Opera House, 1991–1996^[1]
Trustee of the City and Guilds of London Art School^[1]
Chairman of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee^[1] 1997–2002
Member of the Stowe House Preservation Trust^[1] 1998–2012
President of the Friends of Holland Park^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 'Stirling, Sir Angus (Duncan Æneas)' in Who's Who 2009 (A. & C. Black, London, 2008) ISBN 978-0-7136-7164-3
↑ "Sir Angus Stirling, National Trust director-general who steered it away from politics and tripled membership". The Telegraph. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

External Links

Angus Stirling at IMDb

[who-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 'Stirling, Sir Angus (Duncan Æneas)' in Who's Who 2009 (A. & C. Black, London, 2008) ISBN 978-0-7136-7164-3

[2] "Sir Angus Stirling, National Trust director-general who steered it away from politics and tripled membership". The Telegraph. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

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