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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.

STERKY, CHARLES STEPHEN FRANCIS, eldest son of Rev. Alexander Sterky, Kensington, Middlesex (“a Swiss minister”, Preacher in French Chapel, St. James’s, and French Reader to Princess Charlottte); b. Mar 1800; adm. 12 Feb 1810; left Whitsun 1817; Junior Examiner, Audit Office 23 Jun 1818; in Audit Office to retirement 30 Jun 1868; m. 14 Nov 1844 Mary Anne, dau. of Samuel Bawtree, Whitehall, Colchester, Essex; d. 11 Feb 1872.

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, W. W.; b.; adm. 1805, third quarter; left Dec 1805. [perhaps William Walter Stephenson, Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards 19 Aug 1813 ?]

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, SIMON, son of Simon Stephenson, Great Queen Street, Westminster, and Martha, dau. of John Crudge; b.; adm. 14 Jun 1773; left Dec 1774; adm. attorney; practised in Great Queen Street, Westminster; Vestry Clerk, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, for fifty years; m. 11 Feb 1790 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Glanvill, Westminster; d. 15 Jan 1844, aged 79.

STEPHENSON, ROBERT; b.; adm. (aged 16) Sep 1717.

STEPHENSON, RALPH HARRY, brother of Charles William Stephenson (qv); b. 31 Oct 1867; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (J); left Dec 1883; civil engineer, R. H. Stephenson & Co., Leicester; AMICE 4 Dec 1894; served in 1914-8 War; Lieut. (TF) 5th battn. North Lancs Regt., 13 Feb 1915; Hon. Capt.; d. 27 Jul 1927.