Gabriel Stokes
{{Short description|Irish-born British colonial administrator (1849–1920)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Sir
| name = Gabriel Stokes
| honorific-suffix = KCSI
|image = File:Sir Gabriel (1849-1920).JPG
| order1 = Governor of Madras (acting)
| term_start1 = 15 February 1906
| term_end1 = 28 March 1906
| predecessor1 = Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill
| successor1 = Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock
| governor-general1= Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto,
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1849|7|7}}
|birth_place = Ballyard, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1920|10|22|1849|7|7}}
| death_place = 72 Morehampton Road, Dublin, Ireland{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Rebecca Horsfall|1885|1886|end=died}}
{{marriage|May Florence Fuller|1889|1897|end=died}}{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
| children =
| relations = Henry Stokes (brother)
}}
Sir Gabriel Stokes {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (7 July 1849{{snd}}22 October 1920) was an Irish civil servant and colonial administrator of the Indian Civil Service. He acted as the Governor of Madras between February–March 1906.
Family
Gabriel Stokes was born on 7{{nbsp}}July 1849 at Ballyard, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland and was educated at Kilkenny College, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin. The son of Henry Stokes, the county surveyor of Kerry, Stokes was born into a prominent family of academics which had been associated for Trinity College, Dublin for several generations. His grandfather was Whitley Stokes, a Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin, his great-grandfather Gabriel Stokes (1732-1806), a Professor of Mathematics at Trinity and his great-great-grandfather, also Gabriel Stokes, a Deputy Surveyor General of Ireland. His older brother Henry Stokes was also a prominent member of the Indian civil service. His great grand-uncle was the mathematician John Stokes.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
Indian civil service
Stokes cleared the Indian civil service examinations and qualified for the civil service in 1871. In India, he served as a member of the executive council of the Governor of Madras from 1896 to 1906 and from 1906 to 1907.
Governor of Madras
Gabriel Stokes acted as the Governor of Madras from 15{{nbsp}}February 1906 to 28{{nbsp}}March 1906. During his tenure, the Asian Petroleum Company began its work in Madras.
Death
He died at his home, 72 Morehampton Road in Dublin, on 22{{nbsp}}October 1920.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
Honours
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the 1903 Durbar Honours,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Durbar Honours |date=1 January 1903 |page=8 |issue=36966}}{{London Gazette |issue=27511|date=1 January 1903 |page=2 |supp=y}} and in the 1909 New Year Honours, Stokes was made a Knight Commander of the same order (KCSI) for his services to the Crown.
References
- {{cite book|title=Gabriel Stokes (1849 - 1920): Colonial Governor|work=Dictionary of Ulster Biography|publisher=Ulster History Circle|url=http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/1588|author=Kate Newmann}}
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Category:People educated at Kilkenny College
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India