Septimus Alfred Stephen (8 May 1842 – 28 August 1901), generally referred to as S. A. Stephen, was an Australian politician, solicitor and founding member of the law firm
Stephen, Jaques and Stephen.
The
Stephen family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia. He was born in
Sydney
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, the seventh son of
Sir Alfred Stephen (1802–1894), who would later become
Chief Justice of NSW and
Lieutenant-Governor of NSW,
and his second wife Eleanor Martha .
He was educated at Rev.
W. H. Savigny's school and in 1858 became a solicitor's clerk, serving his articles with his brother
Montagu Consett Stephen. He qualified as a solicitor in 1864 and went into partnership with his brother as Stephen and Stephen, later to become Stephen, Jaques and Stephen. In 1882 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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for
Canterbury
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...
, serving until his appointment to the
Legislative Council in 1887. He was severely affected by the 1890s drought, which damaged many of his investments in
Queensland
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. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 1900
and died at
East Woodhay
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The parish contains a number of villages and hamlets, ...
in
Hampshire
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the following year.
References
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1842 births
1901 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
19th-century Australian politicians