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James Stanes
1859 - 1950 (90 years)-
Name James Stanes Nickname Jimmy Birth 26 Dec 1859 Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India 
[1] Gender Male Death 8 Mar 1950 Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India [1] Person ID I22400 Scudder Last Modified 26 Dec 2006
Father William Henry Stanes, b. 12 May 1826, England d. 31 Jan 1865, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India (Age 38 years) Mother Harriet Scudder, b. 3 Sep 1831, Panditteripo, Ceylon d. 1872 (Age 40 years) Marriage Est 1853 [1, 2] Family ID F526 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Helen Children 1. Betty Stanes, b. 1907 d. Yes, date unknown 2. John Stanes, b. 1911 d. New Zealand Family ID F7774 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 2 Nellie Groves Family ID F7775 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 3 Alice Mary Cole, b. Abt 1861, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1883 [1] Children 1. Ione Stanes, b. 1885, India d. Yes, date unknown2. Sybil Stanes, b. 20 Oct 1887, India d. 1957 (Age 69 years)3. Norman James Stanes, b. 1889, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F7776 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - James was educated in England. He returned to the Nilgiri's in 1878 and started planting on the Hallacary Estate near Coonor. Soon afterwards, he was instrumental in opening Adderly and Glenburne Estates, now part of the Blue Mountain Estates Ltd. He was closely connected with the Nilgiri Plantation Co. Ltd., comprising of Glendale, Glenmore, Runnymede, Colacumbie and the Rookery Group of Estates, and was a director and visiting Agent of this company for many years.
During his career James owned 35 Estates on the Nilgiri's and Shevaroys, amoung these being the Tiashola Estate, now the property of Tea Estates India Ltd. On the Palni Hills he owned a group of 5 coffee Estates in partnership with the late Mr. Fred Bell. At one time he also owned the Waterfall Estate on the Anamallias and opened the first 50 acres of tea there. He was a director of Messrs. T. Stanes & Co. Ltd. from 1936-1938. He was an active planter up to six years before his death, when the Sutton, loisiana and Doondonari Estates were sold to the Neelamalia Tea and Coffee Estates Co. Ltd. He took a very keen interest in planting matters up to a few days before his death.
- James was educated in England. He returned to the Nilgiri's in 1878 and started planting on the Hallacary Estate near Coonor. Soon afterwards, he was instrumental in opening Adderly and Glenburne Estates, now part of the Blue Mountain Estates Ltd. He was closely connected with the Nilgiri Plantation Co. Ltd., comprising of Glendale, Glenmore, Runnymede, Colacumbie and the Rookery Group of Estates, and was a director and visiting Agent of this company for many years.
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