Sir Henry Edward Stokes (23 July 1841 – 20 October 1926) was an Irish civil servant of the Indian civil service who served as a member of the

Madras Legislative Council Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was the upper house of the former bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initia ...

from 1888 to 1893.

Early life and education

Stokes was born on 23 July 1841 to Henry Stokes, the

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of Kerry. A member of a notable family of academics associated with

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

, Stokes was a grandson of Whitley Stokes ( Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin), the great-grandson of Gabriel Stokes (Professor of Mathematics at

) and a great-great-grandson of Gabriel Stokes (the Deputy Surveyor General of Ireland). Other family connections included John Stokes ( Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin), William Stokes ( Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin), Whitley Stokes and distantly,

Sir George Stokes, 1st baronet Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, (; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish English physicist and mathematician. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Stokes spent all of his career at the University of Cambridge, where he was the Luc ...

. He was educated at Kilkenny College,

and entered the Madras Civil Service in 1858.

Career

Stokes served as Chief Secretary to the Madras government from 1883 to 1888. In 1888, he was nominated to the Madras Legislative Council and served in the council from 1888 to 1893. A younger brother, (Sir) Gabriel Stokes, and a son, (Sir) Hopetoun Gabriel Stokes, followed him in the public service in India.

Honours

Stokes was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1889, being advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1892.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stokes, Henry 1841 births 1926 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India People educated at Kilkenny College Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Irish knights