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STORY, GEORGE, eldest son of Anthony Story, Bishopswearmouth, co. Durham, and Susannah Sophia, dau. of Cuthbert Morland, Windleston, co. Durham; bapt. Bishopwearmouth 26 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1767, matr. 17 Jun 1767, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1767 – void by marriage 24 Mar 1774; BA 1771; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Jun 1767, called to bar 21 Jun 1773; a Tam Quam Commissioner; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1806 to death); Metropolitan Police Magistrate, High Street, Shadwell 31 Jul 1792; m. c. 1774 [check] Charlotte, dau. of John Minshull, Bradley, Cheshire; d. 17 Feb 1822.

Story, Douglas Perrin, son of Charles Story of Frome, Somerset, and Laura Mary, d. of John Llewellyn MRCS, of Caerphilly, Glam.; b. 19 Oct. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (KS); left July 1923; adm. a solicitor Nov. 1927; practised at Swindon; RAFVR 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr), despatches Jan. 1943, Jan. and June 1944, MBE Jan. 1945; Councillor and Alderman Swindon BC; m. 14 Mar. 1940 Elsa Milton; d. 10 July 1978.

Storrs, Robert Cyril, brother of Henry Lionel Storrs (qv); b. 28 Jan. 1903; adm. Sept. 1916 (KS); left July 1921; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1921, BA 1924, MA 1931; asst master Eastbourne Coll. 1924-65; m. 22 Aug. 1936 Millicent Noel Cholmondeley, d. of Maj. Granville Feilden DSO, of Capel St Mary, Suffolk; d. Feb. 2004.

STONEHEWER, RICHARD, son of Richard Stonehewer, Durham; b.; adm.; QS 1707; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, aged 18, scholar 15 May 1712, matr. 1711; BA 1714/5; MA 1718; LLD 1728; ordained; Rector of Washington, co. Durham 1719-22; Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham, from 4 Jun 1727; m. 1st, 13 Aug 1719 Ann Hendry; m. 2nd, 16 May 1723 Margery, dau. of John Hall, Durham; d. 29 Oct 1769.

STONE, JOHN, of London; b.; adm.; KS in 1644; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1647, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1647, scholar 1648; BA 1650/1.

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, 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.