Sir Stanley Bois (20 June 1864 – 14 April 1938) was a British businessman who served his career in Ceylon in the late 19th and early 20th century.
[1] Bois began his career in 1880 working in a ship broker's office in London.
In 1882, he went to Ceylon and joined the firm of Alstons, Scott & Co, as an assistant where his brother Percy Bois had been employed since 1873.
[1][2][3][4] Bois Bros & Co became a leading firm in Ceylon trading as general merchants, exporters, estate and commission agents.
In taking over the firm of Alstons, Bois acquired its lucrative agency of the British India Steam Navigation Company which operated ships transporting passengers and goods on the route from Ceylon to India and London.