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The title of Earl of Stirling was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1633. It became dormant upon the death of the fifth earl in 1739, although one William Alexander of New York; known to history as Major General Lord Stirling of the American Revolutionary Army pursued a claim to succeed to the dormant earldom in the early 1760s, which was ultimately turned down by the House of Lords. The earls bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount of Stirling (1630), Viscount Canada (1633), Lord Alexander of Tullibody (1630), and Lord Alexander of Tullibody (1633). The earls were also Baronets Alexander, of Menstrie, in Logie, co. Clackmannan (Nova Scotia, 12 July 1625).

In 1999 an American, Timothy Alexander, calling himself "Sir Timothy Alexander of Menstrie and that Ilk, Bt" and claiming a Scottish feudal barony of Greenan, assumed the title of Earl of Stirling. However, he has proved his right to neither the peerages (through the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords) nor the baronetcy (through the Home Office), and his claim is based upon assertion alone.

Earls of Stirling (1633)

• William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (1576-1640)
• William Alexander, 2nd Earl of Stirling (d.1640)
• Henry Alexander, 3rd Earl of Stirling (d.1644)
• Henry Alexander, 4th Earl of Stirling (d.1691)
• Henry Alexander, 5th Earl of Stirling (1664-1739)

• http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-01/scams4.html - a debunking of Mr Alexander's claims to the Earldom.