Stevens, Francis Geoffrey, son of Cyril Stanley Geoffrey Stevens and Mary Ada Wingate, d. of Frank Wingate Pearse of St Ninian's, Moffat; b. 12 June 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left Dec. 1934; Faraday House 1935-9; Sub-Lieut (E) RNVR Aug. 1939, transf. executive branch 1942 (Lieut.); an electrical engineer, AMIEE 1946; dir. Hackbridge Hewitt & Co., Hersham, and Eng. Elec­tric Co. to 1970; Chief Electrical Engineer BR Southern Region 1972-4; m. 1st 29 Feb. 1940 Helen Mary, d. of Harold Utterton Gould MB, of Kingston-on-Thames; 2nd 1961 Elizabeth Stevens; d. 25 Sept. 1974.

STEVENS, CHRISTOPHER; b.; at school in 1567; QS 1569-70 (Chapter Muniments).

STEVENS, CHARLES ABBOT, son of Robert Stevens (qv); b. 3 Feb 1817; adm. 27 Sep 1830 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Apr 1835; BA 1839; MA 1842; ordained deacon 12 Apr 1840, priest 18 Apr 1841 (both Rochester); Curate, West Farleigh, Kent 1840-4, Kensington, Middlesex 1844-8, Oakham, Rutland 1851-3; Minister, St. Mark’s, Westminster 1853-5; again Curate, Oakham, Rutland 1857-60; Vicar of Goudhurst, Kent 1860-4; Vicar of All Saints, Blackheath, Kent 1864-80; Rector of Hangleton, Sussex, and Vicar of Portslade, Sussex, from 16 Jan 1880; author, Practical Remarks on Cathedral Music, 1845, and other works; m. 12 Sep 1848 Hannah Isaacson, elder dau. of Capt. Andrew King CB, Royal Navy; d. 4 Jan 1908.

Stevens, Alfred Leslie Welton, elder son of Alfred Stevens, of Hampstead, by Maria Enr­riqueta, daughter of William Shakespeare Welton, of Wembley, Middlesex; b. Feb. 15, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (G); left (with Triplett) July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michael­mas 1914; B.A. 1921; M.I.C.E., M.l.W.E; served in Great War I; Capt. Middlesex Regt. Dec. 22, 1917, attached H.Q. Cambrai; demob. Aug. 1919; asst. engineer British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd., 1921-7; with the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. 1927-38; partner in T. & C. Hawksley, engineers, Great Scotland Yard, since 1948; served in Great War II 1943-6; Sub-Lieut. then Lieut. R.N.V.R.; m. June 21, 1922, Ruth Emily, sister of William Hill Newson (q.v.).

Steven, Walter George, son of Alfred Ingram Steven of Chiswick and Lily, d. of James Davidson Ross of Edinburgh; b. 27 Apr. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1931; left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1936, BA 1939, MA 1943; Colonial Customs Service 1940; interned Sin­gapore 1942; asst comptroller of Customs Federated Malay States 1957-62, retd 1972; m. 10 Apr. 1950 Patricia Margaret, d. of Edward William Hayes, chartered electrical engineer, of Petts Wood, Kent; d. 9 Feb. 1999.

STERKY, FREDERICK ALEXANDER, brother of Charles Francis Stephen Sterky (qv); b.; adm. 24 Apr 1811; KS 1817; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1821, matr. 2 Jun 1821, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1825; MA 1828; ordained deacon 1826, priest 1827; Perpetual Curate of St. Osyth, Essex 1831; Vicar of North Otterington with Thornton-le-Street, Yorks., from 4 Oct 1832; m. 1st, 8 Apr 1833 Marian, dau. of Robert Collins, Ipswich, Suffolk; m. 2nd, 1 Jun 1852 Mary Catherine, only dau. of Francis Philip Bedingfield, Thornton-le-Beans, Yorks.; d. 28 Jan 1866, aged 63.

STEPNEY, GEORGE, son of George Stepney, Groom of the Chamber to Charles II [sic, but check], and Mary, eldest dau. of Sir Bernard Whetstone, Kt, Woodford, Essex; b. 1663; adm.; KS 1676; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1682, scholar 9 May 1683, matr. 1682; 4th in “ordo” 1685/6; BA 1685/6; MA 1689; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 6 Jul 1689 – c. 1698; entered on a successful diplomatic career with the aid of his friend and schoolfellow Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (qv); Envoy to Brandenburg 1692, 1693, Vienna 1693, Saxony 1695, German Princes and Congress at Frankfurt 1696-7, Vienna again 1702-5; a Commissioner of Trade from 9 Jun 1699; Envoy to the Hague from 1706; taken ill and returned to England Aug 1707; FRS 30 Nov 1697; contributed to Dryden’s Miscellany Poems, 1684, and to Dryden’s translation of Juvenal, 1693; his poems were reprinted in Chalmers’s English Poets; d. unm. 15 Sep 1707. Buried South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

STEPHENSON, WALTER JAMES, brother of Charles William Stephenson (qv); b. 23 Sep 1861; adm. 27 May 1875 (James'); left Dec 1879; emigrated to South America; returned to England on outbreak of Boer War; served with Lord Loch’s Horse in South Africa and with Army Service Corps in 1914-8 War; d. 9 Feb 1936.

Stephenson, Percy Crawfurd, brother of Charles William Stephenson (q.v.); b. Sept. 5, 1875; adm. April 28, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1891; enlisted in the army June 1916, and was invalided from the 16th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 1917; m. April 25, 1907, Lilian Mabel, daughter of Frederick Henry Rooke, of Barnes; d. Oct. 3, 1962.

Stephenson, Sir Hugh Lansdown, brother of Charles William Stephenson (q.v.); b. April 8, 1871; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); Q.S. 1886; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1890, matric. Oct. 10, 1890; B.A. 1894; I.C.S. (Bengal) 1894; arrived in India Dec. 14, 1895; asst. magis. and coll.; private secretary to Lieut.-Gov. Nov. 1903 - May 1904; magis. and coll. Nov. 1907; junior secretary, Board of Revenue, Oct. 1910, secretary April 1911; chief secretary, Govt. of Bengal, May 1920; member of the Executive Council, Govt. of Bengal March 1922; Governor of Bihar and Orissa 1927-31, and of Burma 1932-7; adviser to the Secretary of State for Burma 1937; C.I.E. June 3, 1913; C.S.I. June 3, 1919; K.C.I.E. Jan. 1, 1924; K.C.S.I. 1927; G.C.l.E. 1936; m. July 29, 1905, Mary Daphne, younger daughter of John Mott Maidlow, of Lincolns Inn, barrister-at-law; d. Sept. 6, 1941.