tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598901233005643161.post8549584293649217513..comments2024-03-15T13:42:06.769-07:00Comments on Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic: From Ireland to IndiaAnglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388015349149282672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8598901233005643161.post-41641185848998876182015-05-28T05:42:38.762-07:002015-05-28T05:42:38.762-07:00Whitley was a first cousin of my great grandfather...Whitley was a first cousin of my great grandfather Sir Gabriel Stokes, also an Indian Civil Servant. May I point out an error in the piece (in a link to the Irish Times) by Daibhi o'Croinin, as there is no place in his article to comment? Whitley's wife Mary did not die in November 1881, she died on 30 June 1879 in Simla, nineteen days after the birth of her youngest son Francis (Frank). Her death is recorded in the England and Wales National Probate Calendar. My great grandfather lost two young wives out in India leaving him with 4 small boys, plus a girl who died in infancy. Similarly, his brother Sir Henry Edward Stokes lost two young wives in India leaving him with 3 small boys plus another boy (a twin) who died in infancy. All three Stokes men thus paid a high personal price for a glittering career in India. But unlike Whitley, Gabriel and Henry chose to stay on in India; they sent their children back to Ireland to be brought up by relatives. I wonder if Whitley had stayed on in India, surely he too would have ended up with a knighthood.Teresa Stokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868478036425205286noreply@blogger.com