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 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
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) | |