Henry Storks

Educated at Charterhouse School, he entered the Army on 10 January 1828 as an ensign of the 61st Regiment of Foot. He was promoted lieutenant on 2 March 1832, exchanged to the 14th Regiment of Foot on 23 March 1832 and was promoted captain on 30 October 1835. Exchanging to the 38th Regiment of Foot on 30 May 1836, he served with them in the Ionian Islands in 1840 and was promoted major on 7 August 1840. He held that post until 16 July 1866. Upon his return, he was created a Privy Councillor (10 November 1866). He resigned the Governorship of Malta on 15 May 1867. Now back at the War Office, he was appointed Controller-in-Chief and Under-Secretary at the War Office on 19 December 1867. There, he was involved in the re-organization of Army logistics that took place after the Crimean War. He was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance on 5 August 1870, the first to hold that post since the Crimean War. On 10 October 1870 he was appointed colonel of the 70th Regiment of Foot, an office he held for the remainder of his life. ==Last years in politics==

Entering politics in 1870, Storks was endorsed as the Liberal candidate at a parliamentary by-election for the Borough of Newark that followed the death of the sitting Liberal MP. He was opposed by Sir George Grey, standing as an independent liberal. Grey's views the Colonial Empire, of emigration, of Home Rule for Ireland and poverty were contrary to those of Gladstone's Liberal government. The administration arranged that both withdrew, allowing the Liberal Samuel Boteler Bristowe to take the seat. Storks was rewarded with the newly revived post of Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, and Grey returned to New Zealand later that year. The following year Storks was elected to parliament at the Ripon by-election. He was promoted lieutenant general on 25 October 1871. While in Parliament, he spoke in favor of the abolition of the purchase system for Army commissions. His stance on the Contagious Diseases Acts contributed to his defeat by the Earl de Grey in the 1874 general election. He died shortly after losing the election, on 6 September 1874. He was buried in the Western part of Highgate Cemetery. File:Henry Knight Storks, Vanity Fair, 1870-12-24.jpg|Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1870 File:Sir Henry Knight Storks (1811-1874).jpg|Knight Storks around 1870 File:Grave of Sir Henry Knight Storks in Highgate Cemetery (West).jpg|Grave of Sir Henry Knight Storks in Highgate Cemetery (West) ==References==