Gysbert Henry Stockenstrom

Born in March 1841, Gysbert Stockenstrom was a student in the Military Department at King’s in 1858-59. His father, Captain Sir Andries Stockenstrom, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony from 1836 to 1838. Gysbert Stockenstrom became an Ensign in 1861 and served with the 61st Foot until 1865, when he retired from active service. He then joined the Adelaide Volunteer Cavalry from 1877 to 1879, and then the Frontier Light Horse from 1900 to 1902. He received a medal for his service in the Boer War of 1901-02. Stockenstrom also served on the Legislative Council of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1876, he married his wife, Harriett Catherine, in the Cape of Good Hope. Stockenstrom died, aged 71, in Cape Town in 1912.