Thomas Archibald Stone[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]  1900 - 1965

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• Birth	12 Dec 1900	Chatham, Ontario   [8]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1927	Washington D.C.   [2]
  	Third Secretary of the Canadian Embassy
  Occupation	1938	Paris, France
  	Second Secretary of the Canadian Embassy
  Attending	7 Mar 1955  [9]
  	the world hockey match in Krefeld, Germany
  	"Thomas Stone, Canadian Ambassador to The Netherlands, fainted after watching the game and was taken away from the arena in a stretcher. (Reuters said a doctor was understood to have diagnosed Stone's collapse as caused by a heart attack."
  School	Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
  	C.C.I. High School
  School	Paris, France   [2]
  	L'Cole des Science Polititiques.
  School	University of Toronoto.
  Occupation	Assistant to Harry Wingate, President, International Nickel
  Occupation	Canadian Ambassador to Mexico and Sweeden  [2]
  Occupation	Canadian Diplomat
  Died	26 Jul 1965	Recloses, France   [2]
  Buried	Bedford, NY (oldest church in bedford)
  Person ID	I130	Main
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006 14:53:00
  Father	Spencer Stone, "Pen", b. 24 Jul 1869, Chatham, Ontario
  Mother	Flora Maude Campbell, b. 14 Jan 1872, Chatham, Ontario
  Photos		Stone siblings. Cir. 1907. L to R: Thomas, John, Elizabeth, and Robert Stone - Children of Flora Maude Campbell Stone and Spencer Stone.
  		Spencer Stone Family Photo cir. 1897. L to R: Flora Maude Campbell Stone, John Douglas Stone, Robert Spencer Stone, Spencer Stone.
  		Maude Campbell - Spencer Stone, family home. 206 Victoria Ave, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
  		Stone Family Flora Maude Campbell Stone and her grown children. Standing L. to R.: Thomas Archibald Stone, John Douglas Stone, Dr. Robert Spencer Stone. Seated L. to R.: Dr. Archibald Campbell Stone, Flora Maude Campbell Stone, Elizabeth Louise Stone Howell. Photo taken in St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada, home of Archibald Stone, Summer 1963 (Source: Ellen Stone Devine)
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Ellen Cox Ewing, b. Abt 1900
  Married	Aug 1930
  Children	1. Ellen Stone, b. 1931
  Last Modified	04 Mar 2003 22:31:00
  Family ID	F84	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Alexandra Ewing, b. 8 Oct 1897
  Married	Dec 1934  [10]
  Children	> 1. E. Stone
  Photos		Thomas and Alexandra Stone At their "tide operated generator" on Boone Hall Plantation, Charleston, SC
  		Boone Hall Plantation Once the home of Thomas Archibald Stone and his wife Alexandra.
  Last Modified	04 Feb 2006 23:27:00
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Emily Coolidge, b. Abt 1908
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2005 19:52:00
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet

• Photos		Thomas Archibald Stone with pipe
  		Thomas Archibald Stone - age 44 Yosuf Karsh collection, Library and Archives of Canada PA-197625
  		Ambassador Stone Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, her husband HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Ambassador Thomas Archibald Stone.
  		Thomas Archibald Stone Canadian Diplomat
  		Thomas Archibald Stone
  		Stone siblings. Cir. 1907. L to R: Thomas, John, Elizabeth, and Robert Stone - Children of Flora Maude Campbell Stone and Spencer Stone.
  		Thomas Archibald Stone at one year
  Documents		Page 1 of 2. This letter is on exhibit in the Thomas Stone House on the Boone Hall Plantation. Written by Flora Maude Campbell Stone while visiting her son Thomas A. Stone at "Boone Hall" in Charleston, SC.
  		Page 2 of 2. This letter is on exhibit in the Thomas Stone House on the Boone Hall Plantation. written by Flora Maude Campbell Stone
  		Boone Hall Plantation "The Thomas Stone Years" - Plaque on the site of Boone Hall Plantation - taken in 2003 When Boone Hall was a museum.
  		1911 Canadian Census - Spencer Stone household
  Histories	The Gentle Nudge - The Canadian Department of External Affairs and the North Atlantic Treaty, 1948-1949. A paper by Michael W. Manulak submitted to Professor Roberth Bothwell. Contains many references to Thomas Stone's participation in the NATO talks.

• Notes

  J. Spencer Howell notes: Was the Canadian ambassador to exiled governments including France, Belgium and Holland during World War II After WWII he was the Canadian ambassador to Sweden, then Holland. His first wife Ellen Cox Ewing died within a year of their marriage, and so unfortunately did their newborn baby daughter. His second wife was Alexandra "Alex" Ewing who was his first wife Ellen's older sister. At the time of their marriage Alex was recently widowed with her 3 children Newbold Noyes, Tommy Noyes, and Archibald Noyes. In 1936 Thomas and his wife Alexandra purchased and restored "Boone Hall", which was originally part of a cotton plantation covering more than 1700 acres. The original house was built in the early 1700's, by Major John Boone and is located just north of Charleston, SC on Rt. 17. The lane leading up to Boone Hall, with its magnificent Live Oak trees planted in 1743, was the model for the grounds of "Tara" from the classic movie "Gone With The Wind" (but Tara itself was not Boone Hall.) The home was also the setting for the "North and South" television miniseries. He was a great piano player and could play nearly any tune by ear. He was a great speaker a loved to entertain. A very large addition was put onto his house in Sorrento, ME for the purpose of entertaining large groups. A portrait of him seated with his hands folded was taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa. (Karsh's portraits, some of which include Sir Winston Churchill (1941), Fidel Castro, Ingrid Bergman, Ernest Hemingway, John F. Kennedy, and Albert Einstein, rank among the world's most celebrated black and white photographs.) Thomas Stone Howell b. 1 Nov 1965 was named after this Thomas. The following from Ellen Stone: As a young diplomat he spent time with Winston Churchill as they coincidentally were on the same ship going from New York to London. Churchill, it is said, was reviewing the passenger list looking for a suitable backgammon player and sent an aide to summon Thomas Stone as his pick (knowing no doubt that Thomas was a Canadian diplomat.) They apparently made a daily ritual out of playing and by the time the ship docked in London, Churchill had lost nearly 50 pounds to Thomas which he paid him. Months later, Thomas sent a letter to Churchill asking him to autograph a photo for him, and wondering if he remembered their crossing trip. So many months went by before a response was received that Thomas was certain he would get none. Finally, the signed photo arrived, along with a personal note from Churchill good naturedly saying there was no possible way he could forget that young Canadian who won 50 pounds from him. (I wonder if they knew that they were 6th cousins 2x removed!) After retiring from his dipolmatic role, worked for International Nickel Corp in international relations as a quasi "secretary of state", reporting to Harry Wingate, President. In France, he lived in a beautiful 14th century farmhouse made of stone that belonged to his wife Emily. He is buried in Recloses France which is about 30 miles outside of Paris. Charles Levi notes: Spencer Stone and his son Thomas Archibald Stone both served on the University College Literary Society at the University of Toronto, and hence are in my database. [4, 11]

• Sources

  [S2] JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom, John S. Howell, Jr.. [S468] Darcy McKeough, W. Darcy McKeough. [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S192] J Spencer Howell - Interviews with JSHJr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (Personal interviews with Dad.). [S656] Ted Lollis, Edward Wesley (Ted) Lollis II, (9218 George Williams Road, Knoxville, TN 37922, USA Voice-mail: 865-690-8742 E-mail: GeoVis@erols.com). [S468] Darcy McKeough, W. Darcy McKeough, Chart pages included with letter to John S. Howell, Jr. dated 25 Feb, 2003.. [S1125] Emily Campbell Price, Emily Campbell Price, (Manuscript. 71 pp. Extensive research. Includes maps and transcripts of letters describing family relationships. 10 original copies produced and circulated by the author in 1970. PDF copy available at jhowell.com.), p.20 "Tom Stone" also says "M.D." - which is not correct.. [S679] 1901 Canadian Census, Chatham, Kent Co., Compiled by Hewitt, Doneen, ([database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000). Place: Chatham City Year: 1901 Film: T-6475 Div: 1 Page: 13 Entry: 5 Family: 136 Surname: Stone Given Name: Thomas A. Rel to Head: Son Birthdate: Dec 12 Birthyear: 1900 Birthplace: Ontario Immigration: - [S1044] Ottawa Journal, 7 Mar, 1955 - "Vs Regain World Hockey Title for Canada", by Arch MacKenzie. [S1289] St. Thomas Times Journal, (St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada), 10 Dec 1934 - Married - Thomas A. Stone, son of Spencer Stone to Mrs Alexandra Ewing Noyes, daughter of Thomas Ewing. [S777] Ellen Stone Devine, Ellen Stone Devine, July 2003 visit at her home in ME.