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Lieutenant General Sir John Stokes           1825-1902
Sir John Stokes was born on 11 June 1825, the second son of The Reverend John Stokes and Elizabeth Arabella Franks, at Cobham, Kent.
Read his detailed Obituary, below, for the details of his life.
Henrietta Georgina de Villiers Maynard     1829-1893
Henrietta was born about 1829, the daughter of Charles Maynard and Georgina Biggar, at Grahamstown, South Africa.
I have identified the following children.
  Georgina Elizabeth Born 14 Nov 1849   South Africa Married Arthur B. Hamilton
Charles Edward Born 20 Aug 1851   Capetown, South Africa Married Caroline Ada Giles
Arthur Born 9 Apr 1853   Woolwich, Kent Died 24 Mar 1912
Francis Herbert Born 29 Dec 1854   Woolwich, Kent Married Florence Giles
Edith Born 29 Jan 1857   Romania Married Herbert Buchanan
Alice Born 15 Aug 1858     Died 16 Aug 1859
Alfred Born 14 Oct 1860   Romania Married Margaret Dunbar Laing
Constance Born 10 May 1862   Romania Married Harris Bigg-Wither

Birth of Parents
John Stokes b: 11 Jun 1825         Cobham, Kent
second son of The Reverend John Stokes (1773-1859) and Elizabeth Arabella Franks (1792-1868)

Henrietta Georgina de Villiers Maynard b: abt 1829  c: 12 Jul 1829       Grahamstown, South Africa
daughter of Charles Maynard and Georgina Biggar

Marriage
6 Feb 1849
John Stokes
Henrietta Georgina de Villiers Maynard
Grahamstown, South Africa

Children
Georgina Elizabeth Stokes b: 14 Nov 1849               South Africa
daughter of John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard
Charles Edward Stokes b: 20 Aug 1851               Capetown, South Africa
son of John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard
Arthur Stokes b: 9 Apr 1853  c: 30 Apr 1853             Woolwich, Kent       1853 2Q Lewisham 1d 565
son of Lieut. John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard, Royal Arsenal
Francis Herbert Stokes b:29 Dec 1854  c: 27 Mar 1855             Woolwich, Kent       1855 1Q Greenwich 1d 614b
son of Capt. John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard, Woolwich Common
Edith Stokes b: 29 Jan 1857               Romania
daughter of John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard
Alice Stokes b: 15 Aug 1858               Died 16 Aug 1859
daughter of John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard
Alfred Stokes b: 14 Oct 1860               Galatz, Romania
son of John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard
Constance Stokes b: 10 May 1862               Romania
daughter of John Stokes and Henrietta de Villiers Maynard

1871 Census RG10-162 3 April 1871 St Marylebone, Rectory, London
3 Portman Square
E. W. Blunt (W)
Arthur (Son) (M)
Francis J. (DauLaw)(M)
Shirley A. (Dau)
Arthur W. (GrSon)
David (Son)
Helen (GrDau)
Lucy A. Lawrell GrDau)
M. Lemon (Cousin)
 John Stokes (Visitor)
Plus 9 Servants 		Age 77
Age 42
Age 31
Age 40
Age 4
Age 37
Age 11 Mon
Age 28
Age 84
 Age 46 		???
Colonel Royal Artillery
Annuitant
Annuitant

Wine Merchant

Annuitant
Annuitant
 Colonel Royal Artillery
Kensington
Ledbury
Kensington

Marylebone

Marylebone

 Cobham 		Scotland
Middlesex
York
Middlesex
India
Middlesex
India
Middlesex
Scotland
 Kent 		abt 1783
abt 1828
abt 1839
abt 1830
abt 1866
abt 1833
abt 1870
abt 1842
abt 1786
 11 Jun 1825

1881 Census RG11-48 4 April 1881 Brompton, Kensington, London
11 Gledhow Gardens
John Stokes
Henrietta G. de V. (Wife)
Edith
Constance
Plus 7 Servants 		Age 55
Age 51
Age 24
Age 18 		Kt Cmdr Order Bath, Col R.E. Cobham
Grahamstown 		Kent
Cape Colony
Romania
Romania 		11 Jun 1825
abt 1829
29 Jan 1857
10 May 1862

1891 Census RG12-792 6 April 1891 Haywards Heath, Cuckfield, Sussex
Highland Cottage, Good Rest
John Stokes
Henrietta G. de V. (Wife)
Arthur
Edith
Plus 6 Servants 		Age 65
Age 61
Age 37
Age 34 		Retired Lieut General R. E.

Planter 		Cobham

Woolwich 		Kent
Cape Colony
Kent
Rumania 		11 Jun 1825
abt 1829
9 Apr 1853
29 Jan 1857

Death
Henrietta Georgina de Villiers (Maynard) Stokes Died 17 Jun 1893, Age 63,     London       1893 2Q Wandsworth 1d 422

The Times, Tuesday, Jun 20, 1893                         Death
  On the 17th June, Henrietta Georgina de Villiers, wife of Lieut.-Genl. Sir John Stokes, K.C.B., suddenly after 18 years of weary illness, aged 64.

1901 Census RG13-582 1 April 1901 Ewell, Surrey
Spring House
John Stokes (Widower)
Ellen Bensley (Visitor)
 Plus 4 Servants 		Age 75
Age 25 		Retired Lt.-General R.E.
Private Secretary 		Cobham
Highgate 		Kent
London 		11 Jun 1825
abt 1875

Death
Lt.-General Sir John Stokes, K.C.B, Royal Engineers
Read his Obituary		 Died 17 Nov 1902, Age 77,     Ewell, Surrey       1902 4Q Epsom 2a 19

The Times, Tuesday, Nov 18, 1902                         Death
  STOKES - On the 17th Nov., 1902, suddenly, at Spring House, Ewell, Surrey, General Sir John Stokes, K.C.B., late Royal Engineers, Vice President of the Suez Canal Company, aged 77.
LONDON   31 January 1903                         Probate
STOKES, Sir John, of Spring-house, Ewell, Surrey, K.C.B. retired, lieutenant general in the Royal Engineers, died 17 November 1902, Probate, London, 31 January to Alfred Stokes, major in the Royal-horse-artillery, and Harris Bigg-Wither public-company's-secretary.   Effects £11,001 11s.   Resworn August 1903 £10,950 5s. 8d.

IN Memory of
Private FRANCIS HERBERT STOKES
40, 10th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Who Died Age 24
ON 27 April 1915

Son of Francis Herbert and Florence Stokes,
of 22, East Terrace, Glenelg, South Australia. Native of Adelaide.

REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR
LONE PINE MEMORIAL
Lone Pine Cemetery, Turkey

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