Thomas Stanes
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Thomas Stanes (6 January 1837–30 Jan 1905) was the sixth of nine children of James Stanes, a glass and china shipping merchant of London, and his wife Sarah Poultney Worth. After education at College House, Edmonton, London, he arrived at Madras, Tamil Nadu, India on 26 June 1855 on the MS Hindustan. He was the elder brother of the celebrated Anglo-Indian businessman Sir Robert Stanes. Both Thomas and Robert founded Stanes schools in Tamil Nadu, Robert at Coimbatore in 1862 and Thomas at Coonoor in 1858.
Thomas Stanes opened the Adderley Estate shortly after his arrival.He purchased the Colacumbie Coffee Estate in 1865. These two businesses eventually led to the formation of the company T. Stanes and Co. in 1886, which expanded beyond the coffee business into manufacturing, agricultural machinery, and the motor trade. T. Stanes and Co. was still trading more than 100 years after its foundation.
Thomas Stanes started The Coonoor Day School , popularly known as The Stanes School in 1858. The school, one of the oldest in India, is still in existence.
Thomas died after being thrown from his horse on 30th January 1905.
References
- [http://www.stanesschoolcoonoor.com/ The Stanes School Coonoor