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Stephen (Australian legal family)

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The Stephens family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia that has produced a number of judges and jurists. Members include:

  • Sir Alfred Stephen GCMG CB, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales and Judge
  • Sir Colin Stephens founder of Stephen, Jaques and Stephen lawfirm
  • Edward Milner Stephen, NSW supreme court judge, 1929
  • Francis Stephens, solicitor in Sydney, and proprietor of the Australian newspaper
  • Frank Stephens, solicitor to the Melbourne City Council
  • George Milner Stephen advocate-general and crown solicitor in South Australia in 1838
  • Harald Stephen member for Monaro
  • Sir Henry Stephens puisne judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court 1887
  • James Wilberforce Stephen, judge of the Victorian Supreme Court
  • John Stephen, judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
  • John Stephen, (died 1854) alderman for the City of Melbourne.
  • John Stephen commissioner of the Courts of Requests in New South Wales, solicitor-general and crown solicitor; he later became attorney-general
  • Matthew Stephen, politician and Puisne Judge in New South Wales
  • Sir Matthew Henry Stephen (1828–1920), became a puisne judge of the supreme court of New South Wales in 1887
  • Montagu Stephen, Solicitor, member for Canterbury in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  • Robert Campbell Stephen
  • Septimus Alfred Stephen founder of Stephen, Jaques and Stephen lawfirm
  • Sydney Stephen a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
  • Adrian Consett, Croix de Guerre and military Cross recipient
  • References

    Stephen (Australian legal family) Wikipedia