James Stephen (civil servant)
Sir James Stephen was the British Undersecretary of State for the Colonies from 1836 to 1847. He made an important contribution to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
Bust of Sir James Stephen, by Marochetti, now in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Monument, Kensal Green Cemetery
Monument detail, Kensal Green Cemetery
James Stephen (British politician)
James Stephen 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, and great-grandfather of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
James Stephen (British politician)
Grave of James Stephen, Stoke Newington