John Ellerton Stocks M.D., F.L.S (1822âÂÂ1854) was a native of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, who distinguished himself as a botanist in India.
He joined the Bombay Medical Staff in the 1840s. For most part of his service, he was posted in Sind.
While in Sindh he served as a vaccinator and inspector of drugs.
In 1853, botanist George Bentham published Stocksia, which is a genus of flowering plants from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan belonging to the family Sapindaceae and named after John Ellerton Stocks.