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James Stephen | |
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| Member of Parliament for Tralee | |
| In office 1808–1812 | |
| Member of Parliament for East Grinstead | |
| In office 1812–1815 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1758 |
| Died | 10 October 1832 (aged 74) |
| Political party | Tory |
James Stephen (30 June 1758 – 10 October 1832)[1] was the principal English lawyer associated with the movement for the abolition of slavery. Stephen was born in Poole, Dorset; the family home later being removed to Stoke Newington. He married twice and was the father of Sir James Stephen, grandfather of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen and Sir Leslie Stephen,[2] and great-grandfather of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
- ^ Stephen, Leslie (1898). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Egerton, J. E. "Stephen, Sir James (1789–1859)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 2. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 24 October 2008.