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{{Short description|Irish-born British colonial administrator}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Sir Gabriel Stokes
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]]
|image = [[File:Sir Gabriel (1849-1920).JPG|250px|Sir Gabriel Stokes KCSI, in the uniform of the Indian Civil Service. In India, he served as a member of the executive council of the Government of Madras.]]
| 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 = Rebecca Horsfall {{small|(m. 1885; d. 1886)}}<br>May Florence Fuller {{small|(m. 1889; d.1897)}}{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
|children =
}}
'''Sir Gabriel Stokes''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (7 July 1849{{snd}}22 October 1920) was an [[Indian civil service|Indian civil servant]] and British colonial administrator from [[Ireland]]. 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 (Dublin)|Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin]], his great-grandfather Gabriel Stokes (1732-1806), a Professor of Mathematics at [[Trinity College, Dublin|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 (Irish 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, Dublin|Morehampton Road]] in Dublin, on 22{{nbsp}}October 1920.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

== Honours ==

In the [[1909 New Year Honours]], Stokes was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India 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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{{succession box | title=[[Governor of Madras]] | before= [[Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill]] | after=[[Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock]] | years=15 February 1906 – 28 March 1906}}
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