James Stephen

(1758-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Stephen, James, 1758-1832 NRA: Stephen, James (1758-1832) Master in Chancery MP DNB: Stephen, James (1758–1832), lawyer and slavery abolitionist LBT ID: JaSteph1832 VIAF ID: 43325954 LOC ID: n86104753	B/BAP: 1758-06-30 DIED: 1832-10-10
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Educated at Winchester College and Lincoln's Inn, he was an abolitionist and member of the Clapham Sect who wrote for the Morning Post and Morning Chronicle. He was MP for Tralee (1808) and East Grinstead (1812-15)
REFERENCES TO James Stephen: Sydney Smith to John Allen, 21 February 1809 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 5 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1809