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. The family name has several different spellings that have appeared historically. Some of those variations are Stocksdale, Stogdel, Stogsdill, Stockdel, Stogdill, Stoxdale, and Stockstill.

People

Alan Stockdale Alan Robert Stockdale (born 21 April 1945) is the former President of the Liberal Party of Australia and a former Victorian state Deputy Liberal leader. He was Treasurer of Victoria in the government of Jeff Kennett from 1992 to 1999. Early l ...

(born 1945), Australian politician * Alexander Stockdale (1509–1563), English politician and Yorkshire landowner *

Andrew Stockdale Andrew James Kenneth Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock music, rock band Wolfmother. E ...

(born 1976), lead singer of Australian band Wolfmother *Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope (1857–1940), English painter *

Carl Stockdale Carl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale (February 19, 1874 – March 15, 1953) was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent fi ...

(1874–1953), American actor * Christopher Walters Stockdale (1665–1713), English parliamentarian and landowner * Christopher Stockdale (born 1965), English cricketer *

David Stockdale David Adam Stockdale (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for York City F.C., York City. Stockdale started his career with the Huddersf ...

(born 1985), English footballer *Sir Edmund Stockdale (1903–1989), Lord Mayor of London from 1959–1960, 1st Stockdale baronet * Fletcher Stockdale (c. 1823–1890), American politician and Governor of Texas *Sir Frank Arthur Stockdale (1883–1949), English agriculturist *

Freddie Stockdale Frederick Minshull Stockdale (20 May 1947 – 23 November 2018) was a British opera impresario known for founding Pavilion Opera. He also wrote a number of fiction and non-fiction works with an opera theme. Early life and family Stockdale was b ...

(1947–2018), British opera impresario, founder of Pavilion Opera *

Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale (1786–1858, fl. 1803–1848) was a British artist. Stockdale was primarily a landscape artist, and his work was often published as engravings. He signed his work F.W.L. Stockdale. After working for the Ea ...

(1786–1858), British artist * Geoff Stockdale (born 1944), British speed skater * Grant Stockdale (1915–1963), United States Ambassador to Ireland *

Greg Stockdale Francis Gregory Stockdale (30 July 1899 – 14 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s. Family The son of William Hallett Stockdale (1859–1927), and Agn ...

(1899–1949), Australian rules footballer *

Henrietta Stockdale Sister Henrietta, CSM and AA (9 July 1847 – 6 October 1911) was a British nursing pioneer and Anglican religious sister. Through her influence and pressure the first state registration of nurses and midwives in the world was brought about wh ...

(1847–1911), British nursing pioneer * Herbert F. Stockdale FRSE (1865–1951), British academic administrator * Jacob Stockdale (born 1996), Irish rugby player *

James Stockdale James Bond "Jim" Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator, awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was the mos ...

(1923–2005), United States Navy admiral, 1992 U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate * John Stockdale Hardy (1793–1849) English antiquarian * John Stockdale (1750–1814), English publisher **

John Joseph Stockdale John Joseph Stockdale (1770, 1776Stockdale (1990) ''p.''30 or 1777 – 16 February 1847) was an English publisher and editor with something of a reputation as a pornographer. He sought to blackmail a number of public figures over the ''memoirs ...

(1770–1847), publisher, son of John Stockdale ** Mary Stockdale (1774–1854), writer and publisher, daughter of John Stockdale *

Joseph Stockdale Joseph Stockdale (died 10 October 1803) was the publisher of Bermuda's first newspaper, the ''The Bermuda Gazette'', a Bermudian English-language weekly newspaper. It was published from 1784 to 1803 by Stockdale (and by his three daughters from ...

(1754–1803), first editor and printer of ''

The Bermuda Gazette ''The Bermuda Gazette'' was a Bermudian English-language weekly newspaper. Published from 1784 to 1816 by Joseph Stockdale (and by his three daughters from 1803 to 1816), it was Bermuda's first newspaper. In 1782, the Bermudian Legislature a ...

'' (est. 1784); commemorated on a Bermuda stamp in 1984 *

Mark Stockdale Mark Stockdale (born 26 October 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving a ...

(born 1968) Australian rules footballer *Sir

Noel Stockdale Sir Arthur Noel Stockdale (25 December 1920 – 2 February 2004) was an English businessman who co-founded the British supermarket chain Asda, alongside Peter and Fred Asquith. Early life Stockdale was born at The Mill in the Yorkshire vill ...

(1920–2004), English businessman, co-founded

Asda Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of York ...

Percival Stockdale Percival Stockdale (1736–1811) was an English poet, writer and reformer, active especially in opposing slavery. Biography Born 26 October 1736 (O. S.) at Branxton, Northumberland, he was the only child of Thomas Stockdale, vicar of the parish a ...

(1736–1811), anti-slavery English poet * Reginald Booth Stockdale (1908–1979), English Colonel Commandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers *

Robbie Stockdale Robert Keith Stockdale (born 30 November 1979) is a football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a defender from 1997 to 2012. He notably played Premier League football for Middlesbrough having also appeared as a p ...

(born 1979), English footballer * Stuart Stockdale, English fashion designer, former head of design at Pringle of Scotland *

Sue Stockdale Sue Stockdale (born August 1966) is a British polar adventurer, athlete and motivational speaker. She became the first British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole in 1996 during an expedition led by David Hempleman Adams. Early life Stockdal ...

(born 1966), British polar adventurer * Susan Stockdale, England international and world champion bridge player *

Sybil Stockdale Sybil Elizabeth Stockdale (; November 25, 1924 – October 10, 2015) was an American campaigner for families of Americans missing in South East Asia. Sybil was the founder and first national coordinator of the National League of Families of ...

(1924–2015), co-founder and National Coordinator of the National League of Families *

Tim Stockdale Timothy Mark Stockdale (12 August 1964 – 14 November 2018) was an English equestrian who competed in the sport of show jumping. Early life Stockdale grew up in Retford in north Nottinghamshire. He attended the Sir Frederick Milner Secondary M ...

(1964–2018), English equestrian * Thomas Stockdale (disambiguation) multiple people * Sir Thomas Minshull Stockdale (1940–2021), English barrister, 2nd Stockdale baronet * Valentine Stockdale (born 1981), English film producer * William Stockdale (1634–1693), English parliamentarian and landowner * William Stockdale (Vice-Chancellor), Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1494

Titles

* Stockdale baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Fictional people

* Barney Stockdale, a character in a Sherlock Holmes short story *No Time for Sergeants, various concerning Private Will Stockdale **

No Time for Sergeants ''No Time for Sergeants'' is a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later adapted into a teleplay on ''The United States Steel Hour'', a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well as a 1964 television series. The book chro ...

, a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman **

, a 1958 film starring Andy Griffith

Places

United States

* Stockdale, Delaware * Stockdale, Indiana * Stockdale, Missouri * Stockdale, Ohio *

Stockdale, Pennsylvania Stockdale is a borough that is located in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 424 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Stockdale is located at (40.083348, -79.850456). According to the United States Census Bu ...

Stockdale, Texas Stockdale is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,413 at the 2020 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Previously an area named High Prairie, Free Timber and Bunker's Store, ...

* Stockdale High School (disambiguation), multiple schools * Stockdale Mill, on the National Register of Historic Places * Stockdale neighborhood, a neighborhood in South Bakersfield, California

United Kingdom

* Stockdale Shales, a Silurian period geological formation in England ** Stockdale Group, another name for the above * Stockdalewath, Cumbria

Other

* USS ''Stockdale'', several ships *''

Stockdale v Hansard ''Stockdale v Hansard'' (1839) 9 Ad & El 1 is a United Kingdom constitutional law case in which the Parliament of the United Kingdom unsuccessfully challenged the common law of parliamentary privilege, leading to legislative reform. Facts The ...

'', an 1839 decision of the United Kingdom court regarding the common law of parliamentary privilege *

Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership The Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership is a United States Navy award established in 1980 by United States Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo to honor the inspirational leadership of James Stockdale, a Medal of Hon ...

, U.S. naval award for inspirational leadership * Stockdale paradox, named after U.S. Navy vice-admiral James Stockdale

References

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