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Samuel Stephens (other)
Samuel Stephens may refer to: *Samuel Stephens (senior) (1728–1794), Member of Parliament for St Ives 1751–1754 *Samuel Stephens (junior) (c.1768–1834), Member of Parliament for St Ives 1806–1812 and 1818–1820, son of the above *Samuel Stephens (Colonial Manager) (1808–1840), first Colonial Manager (CEO) of the South Australian Company (1836–1837) *Samuel Stephens (New Zealand) (1803–1855), member of the New Zealand House of Representatives *Samuel Stephens (North Carolina governor) Samuel Stephens (1629–1669) was the Governor of the Albemarle colony (which would later become North Carolina) from 1667 until his death in late 1669. He was appointed by the Lords Proprietor to succeed William Drummond. Early life and ed ... (1629–1669), Colonial Governor of North Carolina * Samuel Barron Stephens, (1814–1882), member of the Florida House of Representatives See also * Samuel Stevens (other) {{hndis, Stephens, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stephens (senior)
Samuel Stephens (died 1794) was a politician and MP for St. Ives between 1752 and 1754. He was responsible for the building of Tregenna Castle. In June 1762 he married Anne, the only child and heiress of Richard Seaborne of Hereford. He had a son, Samuel Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ..., who later also became MP for St. Ives. References 1794 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1747–1754 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall Year of birth unknown {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stephens (junior)
Samuel Stephens (''c.'' 1768 – 25 February 1834) was a politician in Cornwall. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in two periods between 1806 and 1820. He served as High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1805 and then at the 1806 general election was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives, where he was re-elected in 1807 and held the seat until the 1812 general election, when he did not contest St Ives. He was re-elected for St Ives at the 1818 general election, and held the seat until the next election, in 1820. He was the son of a previous MP for St Ives, Samuel Stephens. On 29 November 1796 he married Betty Wallis, the daughter of Samuel Wallis and daughter of John Hearle of Penryn. They had five children: #Samuel Wallis, his heir. #John Augustus. #Francis Hearle, a cavalry officer. #Henry Lewis, of Oriel College, Oxford, to whom he left Tregenna Castle Tregenna Castle, ( kw, Kastel Tregenow, meaning "Kenow’s settlement") in St Ives, Cornwal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stephens (Colonial Manager)
Samuel Stephens (1808 – 18 January 1840) was an English businessman who was the first Colonial Manager appointed by the South Australian Company to the new colony of South Australia. Origins He was born the eighth son of Rev. John Stephens (1772-1841) who was prominent in the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society and was President of the British Wesleyan Conference in 1827. His siblings included John (1806-1850) and Edward (1811-1861), both of whom were to be prominent in the settlement of South Australia. A quarrelsome individual, he fell out with the Wesleyan authorities in 1835 and applied for a position as an assistant surveyor in the proposed new colony of South Australia. Instead, however, he ended up being appointed the first manager of the South Australian Company. Manager, South Australian Company He travelled to South Australia in February 1836 in the ''Duke of York'' (the first of the Company ships, followed by the , and the ) with 8 fellow-colonists and 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stephens (New Zealand)
Samuel Stephens (26 January 1803 – 26 June 1855) was a 19th-century surveying, surveyor and New Zealand politician. Biography Stephens was born on 26 January 1803 in Bridport, Dorset, England. On 5 February 1838, he married Sarah Bennett (born 1812) in Shaftesbury. They came to New Zealand, with him as First Chief Assistant of the surveying staff to Frederick Tuckett on the New Zealand Company Nelson Preliminary Expedition in September 1841. They arrived near present-day Motueka on 9 October 1841 on the ''Whitby (barque), Whitby''. The New Zealand Governor William Hobson, Captain Hobson had told the New Zealand Company that it could only found a settlement in the vicinity of Blind Bay in accordance with an agreement reached with local Māori people, Maori. On 9 October Arthur Wakefield, Captain Wakefield, Tuckett, Stephens, and their guide a Mr Moore landed at Kaiteriteri and discussed possible alternative locations with the local Maori. Apparently the local Maori omitted to me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stephens (North Carolina Governor)
Samuel Stephens (1629–1669) was the Governor of the Albemarle colony (which would later become North Carolina) from 1667 until his death in late 1669. He was appointed by the Lords Proprietor to succeed William Drummond. Early life and education Stephens was born in Jamestown, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ... and was the first governor of any colony to be born in America. His parents were Richard Stephens and Elizabeth Piersey Stephens. In 1652, Stephens married Frances Culpepper, the sister of Lord John Culpeper. They had no children. They owned Boldrup Plantation. Career Before King Charles II of England established the Province of Carolina, Stephens had served as "Commander of the Southern Plantation" for the Colony of Virginia between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Barron Stephens
Samuel Barron Stephens (1814 – August 4, 1882) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Biography Stephens was born in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1814. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1832, Stephens and his family settled in the newly established Florida Territory due to personal debts held by his father, Marcus Cicero Stephens, settling in Gadsden County. Stephens established a successful law practice in Quincy, Florida, and soon became both the city attorney and county attorney. In 1836, Stephens was mustered into the 1st brigade of the Florida Militia at Marianna, Florida, during the Second Seminole War, serving as a first lieutenant and company captain. Stephens' company was mustered out of service in 1838. Stephens was a delegate at the Florida Constitutional Convention of 1838, and assisted in the writing of Florida's first constitution. A member of the Whig Party, Stephens was elected to the Florid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
