STEPHENS, THOMAS, brother of Michael Pye Stephens (qv); bapt. St. Anne Soho 13 Feb 1753 (IGI); in school lists 1764; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1767; KS 1768; drowned at Richmond, Surrey 13 Aug 1769. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
Stephens, Michael Pye, 1752-1822
STEPHENS, MICHAEL PYE, son of Thomas Stephens, Westminster, and Catherine Pye (IGI); bapt. St. Anne Soho 1 Feb 1752 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1766; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Mar 1776, aged 24; ordained; Rector of Haughley, Shropshire 27 Apr 1777 – Apr 1804, res.; Rector of Wenlock, Shropshire, from 5 Jul 1786; Rector of Shelton, Shropshire 13 Dec 1803; Rector of Willey, Shropshire, from 12 Dec 1817; m. 20 Jan 1785 Ann Hartshorne (IGI); d. 1 Aug 1822.
STEPHENS, LEWIS, son of Rev. Lewis Stephens, Vicar of Menheniot, Cornwall, botanist, and Rachel, dau. of Rev. Oliver Naylor, Prebendary of Exeter; bapt. Menheniot, Cornwall 19 May 1688 (IGI); adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1708 – void 1719, Tutor 1713-7; BA 1712; MA 1715; BD and DD 1737; ordained deacon 26 Feb 1715, priest 27 May 1716 (both Winchester); Chaplain to Right Rev. Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv), Bishop of Winchester; Rector of Chilbolton, Hampshire 2 Jan 1717/8-22; Rector of Droxford, Hampshire, from 18 Apr 1722; Archdeacon of Barnstaple 14 Aug 1724-31; Prebendary of York from 9 Feb 1726/7; Archdeacon of Chester from 12 Sep 1727; Prebendary of Southwell from 18 Jul 1729, and of Exeter from 2 Oct 1731; m. 14 Feb 1726 (IGI) Philadelphia, second dau. of Sir Thomas Dyke, Bart. (qv); d. 2 Feb 1747.
Stephens, Charles, ca. 1672-1722
STEPHENS, CHARLES, son of Jonas Stephens, Bestbrooke, Radnorshire; b.; adm.; KS 1687; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691, matr. 1690; adm. Middle Temple 6 Dec 1692. [note will Jonas Stephens, Presteigne, Radnorshire, proved PCC 29 Oct 1722]
Stenning, George Covey, 1840-1915
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, Charles Horace, 1848-1908
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.
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.
STEDMAN, JOHN, only son of John Stedman, Chester [presumably adm. 1800, qv]; b. 20 Jul 1817; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836; adm, . Lincoln’s Inn 10 Jun 1835, called to bar 15 Jun 1840; equity draftsman and conveyancer; signed Play Protest 1847 as “John Stedman, jun. ”; d. 4 May 1872.
STEDMAN, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1683. [Note that Edward Stedman was a barrister, Inner Temple, in 1728].
STEBBING, WILLIAM, brother of John Stebbing (qv); b. 16 May 1832; adm. 25 Jan 1844 (Scott's); QS 1845; left 1846; went to King’s Coll. Sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1850, scholar 1850-2; migr. to Worcester Coll., scholar 1852-6; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1852, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1853, 1st cl. Law and Modern History 1854; BA 1854; MA 1856; Fellow, Worcester Coll. 1856-70, subsewquently Hon. Fellow; Hon. Fellow, King’s Coll. London 1853; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jan 1856, called to bar 17 Nov 1858; equity draftsman and conveyancer; for nearly thirty years on staff of Times newspaper as leader writer and assistant editor; contributor to Saturday Review, Edinburgh Review; author, Some Verdicts of History Reviewed, 1887, and other works; left the sum of £150 to the School to provide a prize for English prose or verse; m. 1 Oct 1870 Anne Pinckard, third dau. of John Sills Pidgeon, Warley Elms, Essex; d. 16 May 1926.