Jalan Stonor was originally Stonor Road. It was named after Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor, the British Resident of Selangor from 1921 to 1926.1 Under his administration, Selangor managed to avert a financial crisis due to a deficit in the state accounts. An avid criketer, he established the Stonor Shield, the prize of the annual cricket tournament of the Selangor Cricket League.