Person Page - 1887

     Brig.-Gen. Hugh Roderick Stockley was born on 23 March 1868.¹ He was the son of Colonel H. W. Stockley.¹ He married Edith Beatrice Capel, daughter of Lt.-Col. William Capel, in 1904.¹ He died on 3 March 1935 at age 66.¹
     Brig.-Gen. Hugh Roderick Stockley was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England.¹ He was commissioned in 1887, in the service of the Royal Engineers.¹ He fought in the Hazara Expedition in 1891.¹ He fought in the Waziristan Campaign between 1894 and 1895.¹ He fought in the North-West Frontier between 1897 and 1898, where he was mentioned in despatches twice.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1898.¹ He fought in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, where he was again mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Major in 1906.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914.¹ He was the Commandant between 1915 and 1917 at Cadet College, Wellington, India.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1917 and 1918, with the Mesopotamian Expeditioanry Force, and was again mentioned in despatches.¹ He retired from the military in 1922.¹ He lived at Tudor House, Oaksey, Wiltshire, England.

     Jane Margaret Stockley was born on 22 October 1942. She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Ralph Capel Stockley and Pamela Katherine Egerton.

     Sally Elizabeth Stockley was born on 6 September 1944. She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Ralph Capel Stockley and Pamela Katherine Egerton.

     
     Charles Stewart Hardy lived at Chilham Castle, Kent, England.

     Hamilton Gorges was born on 20 December 1809.¹ He was the son of Hamilton Gorges.¹ He married Gertrude Frances Bennet, daughter of Henry Grey Bennet and Gertrude Frances Russell, on 1 August 1839. He died in 1860.
     Hamilton Gorges lived at Kilbrew, County Meath, Ireland.

     Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 1st and last Baron Knaresborough was born on 30 August 1845.² He was the son of Sir Harry Stephen Meysey-Thompson, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Anne Croft.² He married Ethel Adeline Pottinger, daughter of Sir Henry Pottinger, 3rd Bt., on 21 April 1885.² He died on 3 March 1929 at age 83, without surviving male issue.²
     Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 1st and last Baron Knaresborough was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.² He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1868 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).² He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Meysey-Thompson, of Kirby Hall, co. York [U.K., 1874] on 17 May 1874.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Knaresborough in 1880, but on a petition the election was declared void.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lincolnshire, Briggs Division between 1885 and 1886.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Staffordshire, Handsworth Division between 1892 and 1905.² He was created 1st Baron Knaresborough, of Kirby Hall, co. York [U.K.] on 26 December 1905.² He was chairman of the North Eastern Railway.² On his death, his barony became extinct.²

     
     Rt. Hon. George Augustus Chichester May was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.).¹ He held the office of Lord Chief Justice [Ireland] between 1877 and 1887.¹

     Martin Tucker Smith was born on 6 July 1803.² He was the son of John Smith and Elizabeth Tucker.² He married Louisa Ridley, daughter of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Bt. and Laura Hawkins, on 8 July 1831. He died in 1890.²
     Martin Tucker Smith held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Midhurst.³ He lived at Shirley, Surrey, England.¹