Henry Sykes Stephens

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Henry Sykes Stephens KH (* 1795 or * 1796 ; † July 6, 1878 in London ) was an English officer , painter and musician .

Life

Henry Sykes Stephens was promoted to Ensign in June 1815 , Lieutenant in November of that year, and Captain in 1825 . Until the end of 1840 he was an active officer for 10 years and paid half pay for over 16 years .

At present, the personal union between Britain and Hanover Stephens served as adjutant of the Viceroy Adolph Friedrich , the Duke of Cambridge in the royal capital of the Kingdom of Hanover stationed. The Hannoversche address book created in 1836 for the year 1837 recorded “Stephens, HS, Capitain, Oberadjutant Sr. Königl. Highness of the Vice-King Duke of Cambridge "with residence at the address at the time" Georgstrasse 354 f. "

Hanover's personal union with Great Britain ended in 1837 with the death of King Wilhelm IV. Before King Ernst August of Hanover took office , the Duke of Cambridge was adopted as Hanoverian viceroy. His aide-de-camp Henry Sykes Stephens was awarded a Knight of the Guelph Order in the same year .

After some time with half pay, Captain Stephens took over the 86th regiment on foot in Great Britain on February 1, 1839. At the same time he was retroactive to June 28, 1838 for certification - Major transported. He gave up the regiment in October 1841. When a daughter of the Duke of Cambridge married the later Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the chapel of Buckingham Palace in 1843 , Henry Sykes Stephens was his "Man of Honor".

Stephens was made Sergeant at Arms in the Royal Household of Queen Victoria in 1847 and one of the Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter in 1852 . In 1854, Stephens was promoted to colonel , still on half pay. In September 1865 he moved up to the rank of major-general in the course of his seniority in the British Army . In 1877 he was described as a Lieutenant-General . He died in London on July 6, 1878, at the age of 82.

family

Stephens' wife gave birth to a son on November 21, 1835 in Hanover. Henry Sykes Stephens also had at least one daughter. Mary Henrietta married Charles William Williams-Bulkeley, the son of a baronet , in 1871 . She died in June 1878, apparently childless.

Artistic works

The Ahlerssche House in Hanover (HS Stephens, 1837)

As an artist, Stephens remained relatively unknown. He dabbled in the fields of visual arts and music and during his time in Hanover apparently had contact with the transport politician, manufacturer and art collector Bernhard Hausmann .

  • Bernhard Hausmann's “Memories of My Contemporaries” collection in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig can be found
    • a watercolor , between the information "Capt: HS Stephens pinx " and "1837" the title "Das Ahlersche Haus in Hannover, demolished Juny 1838", while the back of the sheet was inscribed as "a present from the painter"
  • the Municipal Archives Hannover had received early 1930s, a watercolor of HS Stephens, on the facade of the historic building Schmiedestraße 30 had been held in Hanover.

Web links

Commons : Henry Sykes Stephens  - Collection of Images

Remarks

  1. ↑ This award was associated with the British name suffix ( post-nominal ) "KH" (for: Knight of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order ) and the elevation to the personal nobility.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Institute of Historical Research: Household of Queen Victoria: Alphabetical list of Appointees
  2. ↑ a b c d Silke Gatenbröcker : HS Stephens , in this: watercolors and drawings from Romanticism and Biedermeier. The "Memories of my Contemporaries" collection of Bernhard Hausmann (1784 - 1873) / Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Art Museum of Lower Saxony (= collection catalogs of the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig , vol. 14), Munich: Hirmer, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7774-2505-4 and ISBN 3-7774-2505-2 , pp. 228f .; limited preview in Google Book search
  3. ↑ Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List: 86th (The Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot , London 1841, p. 238
  4. ↑ Compare III: Alphabetical list of the inhabitants of the city of Hanover, as well as some of the inhabitants of Herrenhausen, Linden and the rest of the surrounding area, with a note of their class or business, the streets in which they live and the house number , p. 170 of the address book as a digitized version of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library
  5. ↑ Dieter Brosius : 1837 , in: Hannover Chronik , S. 118f.
  6. ^ A b Edward Shackell: John Bull "For God, the King, and the People!" Volume XV, No. 782, December 6, 1835
  7. ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas : Chronological List of Knights and Officers - 1837. (in English) In: History Of The Orders Of Knighthood Of The British Empire; Of The Order Of The Guelphs Of Hanover; And Of The Medals, Clasps, and Crosses, Conferred For Naval And Military Services. Volume 4, John Hunter, London 1842, pp. Xvii; limited preview in Google Book search
  8. ^ The London Gazette, Part 1: Brevets , February 1, 1839, p. 190
  9. ↑ The London Gazette, Part 1: War Office, 1st February 1839 , p. 190
  10. ^ The London Gazette, Part 2: War Office, October 26th, 1841 , p. 2625
  11. ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, August 1843: Domestic Occurrences , pp. 193-195
  12. ^ The London Gazette , October 26, 1858, p. 4579
  13. ↑ Colburn's United Service Magazine :: Promotions and Appointments , London 1865, Part III, p. 315
  14. ↑ The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar for 1877: Her Majesty's Household , p. 6
  15. ^ Arthur William Alsager Pollock: Colburn's United Service Magazine , London 1878, Part III, p. 114
  16. ^ Joseph Foster: The baronetage and knightage , 1881, p. 655
  17. ^ Arnold Nöldeke (arr.): Schmiedestraße 30; rebuilt in 1880 , in ders .: The art monuments of the province of Hanover , ed. by the Provincial Commission for Research and Conservation of the Monuments of the Province of Hanover, Issue 19: I. District Hanover , Issue 2 in two parts: City of Hanover , Hanover: Theodor Schulzes Buchhandlung, 1932, pp. 630f.
personal data
SURNAME Stephens, Henry Sykes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal British and Royal Hanoverian officer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1795 or 1796
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1878
Place of death London