James Stephen (politician, 1758)
James Stephen (born June 30, 1758 in Poole , † October 10, 1832 in Bath ) was a British parliamentarian.
Stephen was an English lawyer who worked for the abolitionist William Wilberforce .
From 1808 to 1815 he was a member of the House of Commons . First he represented the constituency of Tralee , then from 1812 East Grinstead .
His grandson was Leslie Stephen and his great granddaughter was Virginia Woolf .
literature
- Leslie Stephen : Stephen, James (1758-1832) . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 54: Stanhope - Stovin. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1898, pp. 161 - 163 (English).
- Patrick C. Lipscomb, III: Stephen, James. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephen, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British MP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poole |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1832 |
| Place of death | Bath |