Claude Stokes
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| Claude Bayfield Stokes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 October 1875 Mussoorie, North-Western Provinces, India |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day South Kensington, London, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Indian Army Officer and Diplomat |
Colonel Claude Bayfield Stokes CIE DSO OBE (27 October 1875 – 7 December 1948) was an Indian Army officer and diplomat.[1][2] He served in India and was an intelligence officer with Dunsterforce during the First World War.
He was commissioned into the East Kent Regiment 28th September 1895 and served on the North West Frontier 1897-98.[3] He transferred to the Indian Army 7 October 1897 and in July 1900 he joined the 3rd Skinner's Horse, a unit of the Indian Army.[4][5]
Stokes was appointed military attaché to Tehran from 1907-1911. During this period he supplied Edward Granville Browne with sensitive intelligence.[6] In 1908 he saved the life of Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, the Iranian linguist and Hassan Taqizadeh (a subsequent President of Iran), when he allowed him to take refuge in the British Legation compound.[7] He commanded the first detachment of the British Army to go to Baku arriving on 4 August 1918.[4]
He was appointed British High Commissioner in Transcaucasia from 1920 to 1921.[8]
He retired from the Indian Army 1 October 1922[9]
From 1931-1940 he was British Vice consul in Nice, France.[8]
Family life
Stokes had married Olga Postovsky in Turkey in the early 1920s and they had a daughter. Stokes died at 22B Roland Gardens in South Kensington London on 7 December 1948.[10]
References
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- ↑ Biography, Who's Who
- ↑ January 1908 Indian Army List
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- ↑ Indian Army List 1941 Supplement
- ↑ "Deaths." Times [London, England] 8 Dec. 1948: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 9 Oct. 2013.
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