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Stenning, Philip Eustace, third son of Sir Alexander Rose Stenning, Kt., of West Hoathly, Sussex, by his first wife, Theresa Marcia, daughter of the Rev. Charles Hensley Maberly, Vicar of Owslebury, Hants; b. July 10, 1874; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1891; a surveyor; joined the technical staff Royal Marine Engineers July 30, 1918; demob. Jan. 1919; m. Feb. 22, 1906, Gwendolen Astley, daughter of Alexander Milne Dunlop, of Hyde Park.

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.

Stenning, Gerald Arnele Temple, son of Alfred Ernest Stenning, of South Kensington, by Louisa Mary Gwendoline, daughter of John Henry Hunter, of Notting Hill; b. Aug. 15, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (H); left Dec. 1920; d. 1995.

STENNING, GEORGE COVEY, second son of William Stenning, East Grinstead, Sussex, timber merchant, and Mary Child, eldest dau. of John Cuthbert Joyner, Denmark Hill, Surrey; b. 23 Sep 1840; at St. Nicholas Coll., Shoreham, Sussex Oct 1850 – Jul 1851; adm. 7 Oct 1852 (James'); QS 1855; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1859, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Thomas’s, Ryde, Isle of Wight 1863-5, Holy Trinity, Ryde 1867-71, St. Mary’s, Southampton, Hampshire 1871-3; Rector of Beaulieu, Hampshire 1873-86; Vicar of All Saints, Alton, Hampshire 1886-92; Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire 1892-6; Rector of Overton, Hampshire 1896-1909; Hon. Canon, Winchester 1899; m. 27 Sep 1870 Emily Louisa, eldest dau. of Capt. Edward Williams Pilkington, Royal Navy, Chilgrove, Sussex; d. 7 Dec 1915.

STENNING, GEORGE CHEVELEY, brother of Charles John Stenning (qv); b. 1 Mar 1851; adm. 7 Oct 1863 (James'); left Whitsun 1865; no occupation (1881 census); m. 8 Oct 1888 Harriet Mary, dau. of Rev. Hugh Edward Blakeney Allen, Chaplain 51st Foot; d. 18 Sep 1932.

STENNING, CHARLES JOHN, elder son of Charles Stenning, Upper Hamilton Terrace, London, solicitor, and Frances Henrietta, dau. of Hugh Barker, London; b. 12 Mar 1849; adm. 7 Oct 1863 (James'); left Whitsun 1865; adm. solicitor Easter 1873, firm Smith Stenning & Croft, Aldermanbury, London; m. Rosa, dau. of John Wolff, North Audley Street, London; d. 1 Nov 1890.

STENNING, CHARLES HORACE, brother of George Covey Stenning (qv); b. 21 Oct 1848; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (James'); QS 9 Oct 1863; left 10 May 1867; a banker at Rye, Sussex, firm Curteis Pomfret & Co., until its amalgamation with Lloyds’ Bank, of which he became the local manager; Alderman, East Sussex County Council; JP Sussex; m. 2 Feb 1876 Carlota Rosa, eldest dau. of Charles Hill FSA, West Hoathly, Sussex; d. 4 Jul 1908.

STENNING, ALAN HERBERT, brother of George Covey Stenning (qv); b. 21 Dec 1855; adm. 22 Jan 1869; left 17 May 1873; chairman, John Stenning & Co. Ltd, timber merchants; joint compiler with George Fisher Russell Barker (qv) of The Westminster School Register 1764-1883, 1892, and of The Record of Old Westminsters, vols 1-2, 1928; m. 1st, 19 Jan 1895 Clara Emmeline, third dau. of Henry Sillery, Liverpool; m. 2nd, 27 Jul 1910 Charlotte Harriet, youngest dau. of Thomas William Bidgnell-Parnell, Brockenhurst, Hampshire; d. 5 Oct 1932.

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.

Stelfox, Rosamund; b. c.1773 ; succeeded Mrs.Packharness as Dame of the Centre House on the Terrace (listed in Dean’s Yard in Boyle’s Court Guide 1821-9) ; first boarder admitted to house in her name 17 Sep 1819, last boarder admitted 4 Jun 1834 ; house closed in 1834 and boys distributed between Scott’s and Benthall’s (Town Boy Ledger 1834) ; “a charming woman, of more than the usual stature of her sex, but as tender hearted as the tiniest” (Dasent) ; latterly of 6 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Middlesex ; buried St Luke, Chelsea 20 Jun 1839, aged 66 (will proved PCC 9 Jul 1839) ; she was already a widow in 1829. Under her undated will she bequeathed her entire estate, including her holdings of “annuities” and “consolidated long annuities”, to her “dear niece” Margaret Bower, except for her holding of 3 ½% reduced annuities, purchased at a cost of £1584 on 23 Jul 1835, which she bequeathed to her “dear niece” Mary Bower. Although her parentage remains uncertain, she was the sister-in-law of Anthony Bower (died 1823), Minster Yard, Lincoln, civil engineer and surveyor, the father of Margaret and Mary Bower. She may therefore have been a sister of Anthony Bower’s wife, Mary Tayler.