Stanley Ismay

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Sir Stanley Ismay
Ootacamund, India
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Barrister, judge and colonial administrator
SpouseBeatrice Read
RelativesHastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay

Sir Stanley Ismay,

Chief Commissioner in 1906. After resigning from the civil service, he was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council 1905–1908, and Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Mysore
from 1908 to 1912.

Career

Ismay was born in 1848, the son of William Ismay, of

Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Kent, and educated at Bromsgrove School.[2] He was also distant cousin to shipowner Thomas Henry Ismay
.

He entered the

Chief Commissioner (the highest civil authority in the province) when the holder of that office was not present, including in the absence of John Ontario Miller for three months in 1906.[5] He retired from the Civil Service in 1906.[1]

Ismay served as an Additional Member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1905 until 1908. He was appointed Chief Judge (similar to Chief Justice) of the Chief Court of Mysore in 1908, and served as such until 1912. The Chief Court of Mysore was renamed High Court of Mysore in 1920, and is now the Karnataka High Court.

He was

lieutenant-colonel commanding the Nagpur Volunteer Rifles.[2]

Ismay was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the 1901 Birthday Honours list on 9 November 1901,[6] and promoted to a Knight Commander (KCSI) in the Order in the 1911 Delhi Durbar Honours.[7]

He died at

Ootacamund in India on 8 June 1914.[8]

Family

Ismay married, in 1875, Beatrice Ellen Read, daughter of Hastings Read. Lady Ismay died on 8 May 1932.[9] They had two sons and two daughters:[1][2]

  • Florence Edith Ismay (b.1876), who married Edward Robert Kaye Blenkinsop, CIE, Chief Secretary of the Central Provinces.
  • Stanley Claude Ismay (b.1878), who married Margaret McBean and lived in Calcutta.
  • Beatrice Maud Ismay (b.1883), who married 1st Major Henry Newton Kelly, 33rd Punjabis, and 2nd (after his death) Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Malcolm Jerome Alves, DSO (1883–1940), of the Royal Artillery.[10]
  • Hastings Ismay (1887–1965), was a British Indian Army officer and diplomat, who was created Baron Ismay, and served as first Secretary General of NATO.

References

  1. ^ a b c ISMAY, Sir Stanley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016
  2. ^ a b c Debrett's Baronetage and Knightage, 1914
  3. ^ "Calls to the Bar". The Times. No. 30840. London. 7 June 1883. p. 11.
  4. ^ India List and India Office List for 1905. Harrison and Sons, London. 1905. p. 530. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 38068. London. 10 July 1906. p. 10.
  6. ^ "No. 27374". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 November 1901. p. 7287.
  7. ^ "No. 28559". The London Gazette. 8 December 1911. pp. 9356–9357.
  8. ^ "Obituary - Sir Stanley Ismay". The Times. No. 40547. London. 11 June 1914. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Wills and bequests". The Times. No. 46173. London. 30 June 1932. p. 19.
  10. ^ ALVES, Lt-Col Henry Malcolm Jerome’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016
Government offices
Preceded by
James William Best
 Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Mysore
1908-1912 		Succeeded by
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