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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.

STEGGALL, WILLIAM STERNDALE, son of Charles Steggall, Mus. Doc., North Audley Street, London, Organist of Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, and his second wife Henrietta, dau. of George Theophilus Kenwrick MD, Halesowen, Worcs.; b. 25 May 1861; adm. 27 May 1875; left Apr 1879; King’s Coll. London, AKC 1883; ordained deacon 1884, priest 1886 (both Norwich); Curate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 1884-9, Basingstoke, Hampshire 1890-1, Monk Sherborne, Hampshire 1891-7, Fleet, Hampshire 1899-1904; Rector of Baughurst, Hampshire 4 Jun 1904 -; m. 3 Jun 1891 Constance Ada, dau. of William Longman, Leckford, Hampshire.

STEGGALL, REGINALD, brother of William Sterndale Steggall (qv); b. 17 Apr 1867; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (H); left May 1884; Royal Academy of Music, Balfe Scholar for composition 1887; ARAM 1894; Professor, Royal Academy of Music 1895; FRAM 1906; Organist, St. Anne’s, Soho 1886-7; assistant to his father at Lincoln’s Inn Chapel; Organist, Lincoln’s Inn Chapel 1905-37; hon FRCO 1920; composer for the orchestra, organ and piano; d. unm. 15 Nov 1938.

Steer, Bertram, son of Charles Boyes Steer, C.B., of West Kensington; b. April 20, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left Sept. 1896; a driver in the H.A. C. in Great War I; discharged medi­cally unfit Nov. 5, 1915.

Steen, Brian Robert Munn Hunter, son of James Hunter Steen of Cupar, Fife, and Phyllis Isobel, d. of Robert Andrew Munn, marine superintendent Union Castle Line; b. 23 Mar. 1917; adm. May 1930 (A); left Dec. 1935; AFRAeS 1938, CEng MRAeS; aircraft designer De Havilland Aircraft Co. 1939-60, in team which designed Mosquito, Comet and Trident; in charge gradu­ate recruitment De Havilland, later Hawker-Siddeley Aviation, finally all aircraft group factories of British Aerospace, 1960-82; retd 1982; m. 26 June 1943 Mary Harriman, d. of Wil­liam Harriman Moss, co. man. director, of Watton-at-Stone, Herts.

STEELE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Steele (KS 1766, qv); b. Jun 1788; at school 1798; in school list 1801; left Dec 1803; RMC Great Marlow; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Mar 1804; Lieut. and Capt., 1 Jun 1809; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Dec 1814; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 18 Jan 1820; half-pay, unattached 1 Jun 1829; Col., 10 Jan 1837; Major-Gen., 9 Nov 1846; served in Peninsular War; m. 10 Aug 1819 Lady Elizabeth Montagu, second dau. of William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester, Governor of Jamaica; d. 19 Dec 1847.

STEELE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Steele, Chichester, Sussex, Recorder of Chichester, and Elizabeth Madgwick, Cuckfield, Sussex; bapt. 17 Nov 1753; in school list 1764; KS (Capt. ) 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 29 May 1771, scholar 15 May 1772, matr. 1772; adm. Middle Temple 18 Jan 1772; MP Chichester 1780-1807; Secretary to Master-Gen. of Ordnance 1782; Joint Secretary to Treasury 27 Dec 1783-91; Joint Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 7 Mar 1791 – Jul 1804; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1791; Commissioner, Board of Control 16 May 1791 – Jun 1793; Receiver-Gen. , Alienation Office 1793-7; King’s Remembrancer, Court of Exchequer from 7 Nov 1797; the discovery in 1807 that he had not accounted for two large sums of money withdrawn by him from the Pay Office brought about his withdrawal from public life; m. 3 Sep 1785 Charlotte Amelia, sister of William Lindsay (qv); d. 8 Dec 1823.