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Stephen, Albert Alexander Leslie, youngest son of Major James Young Stephen, of Amer­sham, Bucks, by Augusta Henrietta Mary, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart.; b. Feb. 3, 1879; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (R); left July 1892, and went to Eton; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards Jan. 4, 1899; Lieut. April 4, 1900; Capt. April 10, 1904; Adjt. April 1, 1914; went out to the western front Aug. 1914; served in South Africa 1899-1902; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; d. at Ypres, Flanders, Oct. 31, 1914; of wounds received in action at Gheluvelt Oct. 29; unm.

Stenning, Kenelm Hill, only son of Charles Horace Stenning (q.v.); b. Jan. 7, 1878; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (R); left July 1896; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1896; B.A. 1901; 2nd Lieut. Royal Artillery Aug. 22, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 22, 1903; Indian Army Nov. 21, 1908; Capt. Aug. 22, 1909; m. March 14, 1906, Muriel, youngest daughter of John Paul Warburton, C.I.E., of Patiala, India; d. at Madras March 14, 1913.

Stern, Walter Otto, son of Maurice Stern of Hampstead; b. 20 Aug. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (R); left Aug. 1922; PO AAF Nov. 1937, FO July 1939, Flt Lieut. Sept. 1940, transf. A & SD Sept. 1940 (Wmg Cdr), despatches Jan. 1941; air. Metal Traders Ltd; m. 5 Apr. 1938 Jerda Maud, d. of Walter Seligman; d. 12 Mar. 1997.

Steele, Michael Chandos Merrett, son of William Chandos Steele MC, journalist, of Kingswood, Surrey, and Daisy Rhoda, d. of Francis George Merrett of Weymouth, Dorset; b. 1 Dec. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (R); left July 1949; RMA Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. RA Feb. 1952, Lieut. Feb. 1954, Capt. Feb. 1958, Staff Coll. Camberley 1962, Maj. Jan. 1965, Lieut. -Col. Dec. 1971; MBE June 1972; CO 22 ADRegtRA 1972-4, G1 HQDRA 1974-6, CO 7 Artillery Bde 1976-8; BGS Defence Sales Org. MOD 1979-82; Brig. 1975, Maj. -Gen. Apr. 1983; Chief Joint Services Org. Bonn 1983-6; Hon. Col. 104 AD Regt RA 1987-; Col. Commandant RA 1988-94; Regimental Comptroller, RA 1989-2001; DL Surrey 2016; m. 3 Apr. 1961 Judith Ann, d. of Edward James Huxford, engineer; d. 23 Jan. 2016.

Steavenson, George Manchester, son of Charles Manchester Cohen, solicitor, of Hove, Sussex; b. 28 Aug. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf.; assumed the name Steavenson in lieu of Cohen 1930; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1934; m.; d. 28 Apr. 1935 after an aircraft accident.

Standring, Robert Cumberland, son of George Lancelot Standring, Bank of England official, of East Sheen, and Ethel Mary Harrison, d. of Alexander Reid of Richmond, Surrey; b. 1 Feb. 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (R); left July 1946; Legal & Gen. Assurance Soc 1948-87; hon. treas., Nat. Viewers and Listeners Assn. 1977-92, exec. chmn. 1990-2; Liveryman Vintners’ Company 1959; m. 9 Nov. 1963 Eileen Margaret, d. of Charles Frederick Arthur Greenslade of Croydon; d. 30 Nov. 2001.

Stanbrook, Clive St George Clement, son of Ivor Robert Stanbrook MP, barrister and Conservative politician, and Mabel Joan, d. of George Henry Clement of Wembley; b. 10 Apr. 1948; adm. Jan. 1962 (R); left July 1966; UCL, LLB 1971; called to the Bar, Inner Temple 1972; contested (Cons. ) Islington Central Oct. 1974; founder and partner Stanbrook and Hooper, EC lawyers, Brussels, Belgium 1978-; Pres. Brit. Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxembourg 1985-7; OBE Jan. 1988; called to the New York Bar 1988; QC 1989; sen. counsel McDermott Will & Emery; m. 3 Apr. 1971 Julia Suzanne, d. of Noel Hillary of Ipswich, Suffolk; d. 13 Apr. 2018.

St. John, Terence Alexander, third son of Sir Frederick Robert St. John, K.C.M.G., by Isabella Annie, second daughter of Capt. the Hon. James Terence Fitzmaurice, R.N., of Brighton, Sussex; b. March 24, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1911; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 11th Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Jan. 4, 1915; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R., Nov. 7, 1941; Flying Officer Jan. 7, 1942; m. Dec. 16, 1933, Germaine, daughter of Jean Chabaud, of Champegaud, France; d. 1951.

Sprott, Peter Marlborough, son of Norman Armitage Sprott DM FRCS, of Jersey, and Laura Edis, d. of J. S. Chaszann-Moskowicz; b. 16 Aug. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left Dec. 1932 and went to Uppingham Sch.; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; RASC 1939-45 (Capt.); adm. a solicitor July 1950; Asst Solicitor Treasury Solicitor's Dept 1977-81; m. 30 Oct. 1954 Doris Ruby, d. of R. C. Luxon of Saltdean, Sussex, and widow of L. F. Hale; d. 8 Aug. 2000.

Spokes, Peter Spencer, son of Peter Sidney Spokes, M.R.C.S., J.P., of St. Marylebone, by Agnes, daughter of Albert Anderson, of Dunstable, Beds; b. Dec. 23, 1893; adm. April 30, 1908 (R); left July 1912; Queen's Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1917; M.A. 1921; B.Sc. 1923; Lieut. 19th London Regt. (T.F.) Oct. 16, 1916, acting Capt. Aug. 3, 1917; served in France in Great War I; secretary, Imperial Forestry Institute (Univ. of Oxford), from 1924-38; F.S.A. 1937; extra staff, Bodleian Library, Oxon. since 1950; m. Sept. 2, 1924, Lilla Jane, elder daughter of John Hazelwood Clayton, M.B., of Edgbaston, co. Warwick; d. 1976.