Several important directorships are vacant by the recent deaths of Mr. Stirling and Mr. Chaytor. According to the "Directory of Directors," Mr. Stirling was chairman of the North British Railway and the North British Canadian Land Investment Company, Limited, an extraordinary director of the Caledonian Insurance Company and the Union Bank of Scotland, Limited, and an ordinary director of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the City of Glasgow Union Railway, and the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway. Mr. Chaytor was chairman of the Alliance Bank, Limited, and the National Discount Company, Limited, and was an ordinary director of the Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company, Limited.

Source: The Illustrated London News, No.2257—Vol. LXXXI, Saturday, August 5, 1882, p.135