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STEPHEN, JAMES.
Adm. pens. at TRINITY HALL, June 12, 1806. [3rd] s. of J[ames] (for whom see D.N.B. ), of the Middle Temple. [B. Jan. 3, 1789, in Lambeth.] Matric. Michs. 1806; LL.B. 1812; LL.D. 1850.
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Sept. 16, 1806.
Called to the Bar, Nov. 11, 1811.
Counsel to the Colonial Dept., 1813-25; Permanent Counsel to the Colonial Office and to the Board of Trade, 1825-36.
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1834-6; Under-Secretary, 1836-47.
Prepared the bill for the abolition of slavery.
A rapid and decided administrator; resigned his office for reasons of health, 1847.
Known as 'Mr Over-Secretary Stephen.' K.C.B. and P.C., 1847.
Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1849-59.
Professor at the East India College, Haileybury, 1855-7. Married, Dec. 22, 1814, Jane Catherine, dau. of the Rev. John Venn (1777), R. of Clapham.
Author, Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography; Lectures on the History of France . Died Sept. 14, 1859, at Coblentz.
Brother of George (1812), Henry J. (1802) and William (1798); father of James F. (1846) and Leslie (1850).
( Inns of Court ; Burke, P. and B.; Boase, III. 726; G. Mag., 1860, I. 185-6; D.N.B. ; Sir Leslie Stephen, Life of Sir James F. Stephen .)
James STEPHEN
Approx. lifespan: 1789–1859
pens. Trinity Hall adm1806:06:12
3rd s. of James STEPHEN (for whom see D.N.B. ), of the Middle Temple, [ London ]
b. 1789:01:03 in Lambeth, [ London ]
Matric 1806:10MT:
LLB 1812
LLD 1850
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn 1806:09:16
Called to the Bar: 1811:11:11
Counsel to: : Colonial Department 1813-25
Permanent Counsel to: : Colonial Office and to the Board of Trade 1825-36
Assistant Under-Sec. of: : State for the Colonies 1834-36
Under-Sec.: 1836-47
Prepared the bill for the abolition of slavery. A rapid and decided administrator; resigned his office for reasons of health 1847
Known as 'Mr Over-
Sec.: Stephen.'
K.C.B. and P.C. 1847
Regius Professor of Modern: History CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] 1849-59
Professor at: : Sch: East India College East India, Haileybury, [ Hertfordshire ] 1855-57
m. 1814:12:22 Jane Catherine VENN dau. of Rev. John VENN (1777) R.: Clapham, [ London ]
Publ.: Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography; Lectures on the History of France
d. Coblentz, [ Germany ] 1859:09:14
brother of George STEPHEN (1812)
brother of Henry J. STEPHEN (1802)
brother of William STEPHEN (1798)
father of James F. STEPHEN (1846)
father of Leslie STEPHEN (1850)
( Inns of Court ; Burke, P. and B.; Boase, III. 726; G. Mag 1860, I. 185-6; D.N.B. ; Sir Leslie STEPHEN Life of Sir James F. Stephen .)

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