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Stocqueler Painting, National Library Of Australia, Nla
Stocqueler is a surname. People with that name include: * Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler (1829-1895), British artist * Joachim Hayward Stocqueler J. H. Stocqueler (21 July 1801 - 14 March 1886) was a journalist, author and lecturer with interests in the theatre and in Indian and military affairs; he lived in England, India, and the United States of America. Biography Joachim Hayward Stocq ... (1801-1886), British journalist, author and lecturer with interests in the theatre and in Indian and military affairs * Giovanna Sestini (married name Joanna Stocqueler, 1749-1814), Italian-born soprano singer See also * {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler
Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler (18 November 1829 – 28 October 1895) was a British artist who worked mainly in Australia, South Africa and Zanzibar; and, towards the end of his life, in England. Biography Early life Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler was born on 18 November 1829 in “The Bee-Hive”. in Bombay, India, to Joachim Hayward Stocqueler and Jane (née Spencer). He was baptized at St Thomas's Church, Bombay on 31 December 1829. The Roper name probably came from his father’s friendship with Henry Roper, later Sir Henry, Chief Justice of Bombay. No documented source has been found for the Loftus name, although it has been claimed that a Lord William Loftus was a godfather. Edwin travelled from Bombay to England and back to Calcutta with his mother when he was three. In early 1836 they sailed to Liverpool on the ''Bombay Packet'', probably for Edwin to start school in England. The 1841 census shows that Edwin was at Rectory House School, Ealing which was said to have been a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Hayward Stocqueler
J. H. Stocqueler (21 July 1801 - 14 March 1886) was a journalist, author and lecturer with interests in the theatre and in Indian and military affairs; he lived in England, India, and the United States of America. Biography Joachim Hayward Stocqueler was born 21 July 1801 in Abchurch Lane, City of London and baptized 25 August 1801 at the Portuguese Embassy Chapel in London. His father was Joachim Christian Stocqueler, son of the Italian opera singer Giovanna Sestini and her Portuguese husband José Christiano Stocqueler. His mother was Elizabeth Hayward, a daughter of Francis Hayward, physician of Hackney. He was educated at Brochard's academy in Camden. After occasional jobs in a bank and with a traveling theatre company, he trained at Chatham as a non-commissioned officer in the East India Company Army, and then sailed for Bombay in 1819 on the East Indiaman ''Hythe'', in charge of 100 men. Stocqueler purchased his discharge from the army in 1824; he had obtained a clerica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
