Herbert F. Stockdale

Herbert Fitton Stockdale FRSE LLD (1865–1951) was a 19th/20th century British university administrator.

Life
He was born in Ravensthorpe in Yorkshire on 13 January 1865 and educated in the Boothroyd School.

In 1889 (aged 21) he became Assistant secretary at the College of Science in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (linked to Durham University), becoming Secretary in 1891. In 1899 he became Secretary and Treasurer to the Royal Technical College in Glasgow (later renamed Strathclyde University) where he rose ro be Director of the College in 1903. At this time he was living at "Clairinch" in Milngavie.

In 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Magnus Maclean, Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, Sir Robert Pullar and Frank Watson Young. In 1919 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (LLD) by Glasgow University.

By 1910 he had moved to Helensburgh, naming his home again Clairinch after his previous house.

In 1916 he wrote the obituary for Eugene Bourdon but his connection is unclear.

In 1923 he became a Member of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow.

He retired in 1933 and died at home in Helensburgh on 28 December 1951 aged 86.

The Herbert Stockdale Papers now form part of the University of Strathclyde's collections.

Family
In 1894 he married Helen Steven, daughter of Andrew Steven of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Artistic portrayal
He was portrayed by Francis Henry Newbery around 1920.