Person:Hopetoun Stokes (1)

Hopetoun Gabriel STOKES was born 1aug1873 and died 10nov1951, aged 78 (the Times). The death of Sir Hopetoun, son of H. E. Stokes, was reported in the Times. “He filled high posts in the Madras Presidency. He married 1922 Alice Henrietta LAWRENCE, 2nd daughter of Sir Henry Hayes Lawrence of Belgard, Co. Dublin” (the Times). He married dec 1922 (Cambridge Univ. S. Asian Archive). Henry Hayes Lawrence was born 26feb1864 and died 27oct 1898 (a website) or 7nov1898 (rootsweb-St. Martins church, North Stoke). Sir Hopetoun Gabriel Stokes, KCIE (Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire) (1934), CIE (Companion, Order of the Indian Empire) (1911), CSI (Companion, Order of the Star of India) (1928), ICS (Indian Civil Service), Dep Sec to Govt of India, Home and Finance Depts 1909-15, Private Secretary to Governor of Madras 1915, member Board of Revenue, Madras 1924, Chief Sec to Govt 1927, mem Exec Council, Madras 1930-35, was born 1aug1873, educated at Oriel College, Oxford (BA 1896), married 18dec1922, Alice Henrietta LAWRENCE, MRCS (Member, Royal College of Surgeons, England), LRCP (Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, England), Kaiser-I-Hind Gold Medal (d. 7jan1975), 2nd daughter of Sir Henry Hayes Lawrence, 2nd Bt and died without issue 10nov1951 (Burke's Irish family records).

1.   Burke's Irish family records.