sentences:  Stone was a local Conservative politician, founder of the Birmingham Conservative Association and MP for Birmingham East from 1895 to 1909.He was a member of the Sutton Coldfield Corporation for many years and was the first Mayor of the town in 1886 when the new Municipal Corporation was created; a post he held for four years.He was knighted in 1892 and was appointed High Steward of the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield in 1902.