Background
Stone, the eldest son of a London goldsmith, was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.
Stone, the eldest son of a London goldsmith, was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.
Christ Church; Westminster School.
He was appointed Under-secretary of State in 1734, joint secretary to the Lords Justices in 1744, and was a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations from 1749 to 1761. He was also Secretary of Barbados from 1742, and registrar of Chancery in Jamaica from 1753, both of which offices he held until his death. Despite being accused on Jacobite sympathies, Stone also gained a position of great personal influence with George II by whom he was made tutor and later secretary to Prince George, afterwards George III.
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On the accession of the latter to the throne, he was appointed treasurer to Queen Charlotte, and attaching himself to Lord Bute he became an influential member of the party known as The King"s Friends, whose meetings were frequently held at his house.
He was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Hastings from 1741 to 1761.