Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler

J. H. Stocqueler (21 July 1801 - 14 March 1886) was a journalist, government employee, entrepreneur, and inventor in England, India, and the United States of America.

Biography

Stocqueler traveled extensively during his life. In 1831 and 1832, he spent fifteen months traveling through Khuzistan and Persia.

In 1836, the Calcutta Public Library was established at the suggestion Stocqueler, then editor of the "Englishman"Fact|date=March 2008.

During the latter half of 1840, he traveled from Calcutta (departing 13 August 1840) up the Ganges and then up to Simla and from there down the Indus to Bombay and from there to Egypt and to England, arriving 16 January 1841. He wrote of these experiences in his "Hand book for India and Egypt".

Following a separation, his wife, Jane Stocqueler and his son Edwin departed for the Victorian gold fields in Australia. Edwin was present on the Bendigo gold fields during the mid 1850s, where he painted several scenes of the diggings.

At intervals from 1860 to his death, Stocqueler used the name Joachim Heyward Siddons , mainly in the United States of America but at times in Britain claiming that he was the illegitimate son of George Siddons, Sarah Siddons’s son.

He died on 14 March 1886 in Washington D.C., USA, not 1885 in Bath, England, as is often seen.

Writings

Authored

* "Fifteen Months Pilgrimage through Untrodden Tracts in Khuzistan and Persia... in the Years 1831 and 1832". 2 vols London, 1832.
* "Hand book for India and Egypt", London, 1841. Full text available at http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/handbook.htm
* "Memorials of Afghanistan... between the Years 1838 and 1842". Calcutta, 1843.
* "Handbook of India, A guide to the Stranger and the Traveller, and a Companion to the Resident". London: W.H. Allen, 1844.
* "Maid Marian: the Forest Queen". London, 1849. Originally serialized in 31 parts.
* "The British Officer, His Position, Duties and Emoluments and Privileges". London, 1851.
* "The Life of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington". Two volumes. London: Ingram, Cooke, and Company, 1853 and Philadelphia, 1855.
* "The Military Encyclopædia; A Technical, Biographical, And Historical Dictionary, Referring Exclusively To The Military Sciences, The Memoirs Of Distinguished Soldiers, And The Narratives Of Remarkable Battles". London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1853.
* "The War in Italy, and all about it". London: Henry Lea, 1859.
* "A Personal History of The Horse-Guards from 1750 to 1872". London, 1873.
* "The Memoirs of a Journalist". London: Hurst and Blackett, 1873.
* "India: it History, Climate, Etc".
* "Stocqueler's Familiar History of British India".

Edited

* "The Army and Militia Almanac".
* "Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott". 1854 Two Volumes.
* "The Old Field Officer".

Co-authored

* Long, J. and Stocqueler, J.H., "British Social Life in Ancient Calcutta: 1750 to 1850" Thankappan Nair, Calcutta

References

* The Wellesley Index: Additions and corrections. http://victorianresearch.org/ci1204.doc (MS Word document) for birth and death dates and information about name change.
* Indian Press Information Bureau feature on the National Library of India, 26 March 2003, [http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fmar2003/f270320031.html]
* "Gold!" entry on Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler, [http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/story.html?storyid=97]