The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bois, Sir Stanley
Bois, Sir Stanley, Kt. cr. 1905; partner in the firm of Bois Bros. & Co., merchants and commission agents, Colombo; b. London, 1864; s. of Henry and Francis Elizabeth Bois, m. 1895, Isa Gordon, d. of Gabriel Ross of Sutherlandshire, N.C.; one d. Educ.; South Penge Park College, London. Spent two years in the city of London in a shipbroker’s office before coming to the East: arrived in Ceylon, 1882, and joined the staff of a firm whose business his brother and he ultimately acquired; acted as Member of the Municipal Council, Colombo; Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for three consecutive years; Member of Legislative Council, 1903; Commissioner-General for Ceylon to the World’s Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A. 1904; Acting European M.I.A., 1906, and Mercantile M.L.C., 1910. Recreations: music and motoring. Address: Hunupitiya Cottage, Colombo, Ceylon. Clubs: Conservative; Colombo: Hill, Newara Eliya.