Stone, Sir John Richard Nicholas, son of Sir Gilbert Stone, Chief Justice of Nagpur, and Elsie Lawton, d. of Walter Scott of Hull; b. 30 Aug. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left Dec. 1930; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1935 (1st class hons Law Trip. Pt 1 1933, Economics Trip. Pt 2 1935); C. E. Heath & Co., Lloyd's brokers, 1936-9; Min. of Economic Warfare 1939-40, Cen­tral Statistical Office of War Cabinet 1940-5, personal assistant to Lord Keynes; Fellow of King's 1945-; CBE 1946; Dir. Dept of Applied Economics Univ. of Cambridge 1945-55, P. D. Leake Prof. of Finance and Accounting 1955-80; FBA 1956; ScD (Cantab.) 1957; hon. doctor­ates at many European Univs; Kt 1978; Nobel Prize for Economics 1984; author of a large number of works on Economics and allied subjects; m. 1st 1936 Winifred Mary, d. of Hammond Jenkins; 2nd 1941 Feodora Leontinoff; 3rd 1960 Mrs Giovanna Croft-Murray, d. of Count Aurelio Saffi; d. 12 Dec. 1991.

Stone, Herbert William Degetan, brother of Waldemar Ernest Smith (q.v.); b. May 26, 1879; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); exhibitioner 1893; Q.S. (non-resident) 1894; left July 1896; a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank, and in 1898 entered a marine insurance business in Shanghai; returned to London in Aug. 1913; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers (U. and P.S. Batt.) Dec. 10, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) Connaught Rangers May 26, 1915; went out to the western front in Dec. 1915, and was attached to the Royal Irish Rifles; assumed the surname of Stone in lieu of Schmidt May 5, 1915; killed in action at Mont St. Eloi April 26, 1916.

Stone, Graham Coutts Tempest, son of Lieut.-Col. Lionel George Tempest Stone CMG CBE, Roy. Fusiliers, and Alice Campbell, d. of James Walker, architect, of Edinburgh; b. 14 June 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left Mar. 1926; Roy. Fusiliers in WW2 (Capt.), wounded (Sicily); Esso Petroleum Co., retd 1974; m. 11 July 1936 Barbara, d. of Victor Rees Aronson CBE KC; d. 8 June 1989.

STONE, GEORGE, younger brother of Andrew Stone (qv); b. 7 Jan 1707/8; adm. apr 1720; KS 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1725, matr. 2 Jun 1725, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1725 – void 14 Oct 1734 (expiry year of grace as Dean of Ferns), Tutor 1730; BA 1729; MA 1732; DD 1740; ordained; Chaplain to Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv), when Lord Lieut. Ireland; Dean of Ferns and Leighlin 22 Aug 1733 – Apr 1734; Dean of Derry 3 Apr 1734 – Aug 1740; consecrated Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 3 Aug 1740; translated to Kildare 19 Mar 1743; Dean of Christ Church, Dublin 15 Jun 1743 – May 1745; translated to bishopric of Derry 11 May 1745; Archbishop of Armagh from 13 Mar 1747; Privy Councillor (I) 10 Apr 1747; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ., from 1752; the political rival of Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon (I) (qv); served many times as one of the Lord Justices of Ireland, and for some years virtually dictator of the country; d. unm. 19 Dec 1764. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

STONE, ARTHUR, brother of John Stone James (qv); bapt. 10 Aug 1730; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1740 (Heath's); left 1745; apprenticed to Edward Nourse, citizen and surgeon, 2 May 1746; d. unm.

STONE, ANDREW, elder son of Andrew Stone, Lombard Street, London, goldsmith, and Anne Holbrooke; b. 4 Feb 1702/3; adm. Feb 1714/5; KS 1717; Capt. of the School 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1722, matr. 6 Jun 1722, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1722 – void 26 Jun 1735; BA 1726; MA 1728 (incorp. Cambridge 1749); Private Secretary to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv), 1732-4; Under-Secretary of State Jul 1734 – Apr 1751; Collector of State Papers May 1739 – Jun 1741, Keeper of State Papers from May 1741; MP Hastings 1741-61; a Commissioner of Trade Nov 1749 – Oct 1761; Sub-Governor to Prince George (the future George III) 1751-6, Secretary to Prince George as Prince of Wales 1756-60; charged before the Privy Council in Feb 1753, with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv), and James Johnson (qv), with having toasted the Pretender, but retained the confidence of the Court; Treasurer to Queen Charlotte from 2 Nov 1761; a valued confidant of the Pelham brothers, and for more than thirty years “no man was more completely behing the scenes of the political stage”; Busby Trustee 13 Apr 1752; m. 7 Jul 1743 Hannah, dau. of Stephen Mauvillain, Tooting and Morden, Surrey; d. 16 Dec 1773. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

STOKES, JOHN, son of Rev. Alexander Stokes, Rector of Barkham and Arborfield, Berks.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1661; left 1665.

STOKES, FRANCIS WILLIAM, son of John Stokes, and Elizabeth Arabella Franks (IGI); b. 16 Sep 1832; adm. 9 Oct 1846 (Rigaud's); QS 1847; left 1850; emigrated to Australia; d. 2 Aug 1889.

STOKES, DAVID; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1610, adm. scholar 1611, matr. Easter 1611; BA 1614/5; MA 1618; DD 1630 (incorp. Oxford 12 Aug 1645); Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1618-25, Tutor, Bursar 1621-2; ordained deacon 17 Mar 1621/2, priest 18 Mar 1621/2 (both Peterborough); Fellow of Eton Coll. from 7 Jun 1624; Rector of Brinklow, Warwicks., 1625; Canon of Windsor from 12 Jul 1628; Prebendary of Chichester 23 Oct 1629 – c. Oct 1631; Rector of Binfield, Berks., 1631; Rector of Everdon, Northants 19 Sep 1638-42; Vicar of Urchfont, Wilts., 1644; deprived of all preferments during Civil War, but reinstated at Restoration; author, Ann Explication of the Twelve Minor Prophets, 1659, and other works; m. 1st (?) Elizabeth Day [Stokes was married by 1628 to a wife Elizabeth : first or second marriage ?]; m. 2nd (?) ---, dau. of Right Rev. Richard Montagu DD, Bishop of Chichester; d. 10 May 1669, aged 77. DNB.

Stoker, Tom Thornley M'Gillycuddy, son of George Stoker, M.R.C.S., C.M.G., of Mayfair, by Agnes, eldest daughter of Richard, the M'Gillycuddy of the Reeks, co. Kerry; b. April 28, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (H); left July 1902; served in Great War I; Capt. 3rd (Res.) Batt. Munster Fusiliers April 15, 1915; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; emigrated to Canada 1920; m. 1922, Mary, widow of Guy Drummond, of Montreal; drowned in a yachting accident on the Hudson River 1937.