Eugene Stock (1836–1928), was an English author, historian, journal editor and senior editorial secretary at the Church Missionary Society in London.

After completing his basic education in London and Brighton public schools he continued with his studies and largely taught himself without the aid of a university or clerical background that secretaries of his caliber were generally known to possess..His first memories of English royalty began when he was a youth during the reign of Queen Victoria.

[5] Stock joined the Church Missionary Society as an editor in 1873 and soon became its editorial secretary in 1875, supervisor of all their publications, including its influential journal, The Intelligencer.

He initially began as its editor by assisting Reverend G, Knox, where he conceived of the idea of merging The Intelligencer with the Church Missionary Record which was effected in 1875.

Throughout the 1880s because of his vast knowledge of Church Missionary Society's history, his influence grew, especially where it involved issues that required a historical perspective to resolve.

However, there is speculation that Stock may have been subjugated by his own immediate surroundings and experiences that apparently made him abandon some of Venn's positions regarding missionary work in underdeveloped foreign lands with the idea that such efforts would have been better directed at his own countrymen and other European countries.

[11] Stock's position as a CMS official was less than traditional in some respects and had frequently advocated for women to become involved at the missions and often encouraged them to consider such a tasking and demanding vocation.

For twenty years he lectured at missionary meeting places in London, which included, "The Willows" and " The Olives", training homes, which were under the auspices of the Mildmay Institutions.

At age sixty-six Stock married Isabella Emily Fiennes, a widow, on August 20, 1902, at Saint Saviour’s Church in South Hampstead, London.