About Henry John Stephen
Lived 1787 – 1864 (aged 77). Henry John Stephen was a British serjeant-at-law, barrister and jurist.
Henry John Stephen (1787–1864) was an English legal writer and serjeant-at-law.
Life Born on St Kitts in the West Indies on 18 January 1787, he was the second son of James Stephen (1758–1832); James Stephen (1789–1859) and George Stephen were his brothers. He was a student at St John's College, Cambridge, but did not graduate.
Stephen was called to the bar on 24 November 1815. Nervous and shy, though an accomplished lawyer, he was not successful as a barrister, but became known as a legal writer. He was promoted as a serjeant-at-law in 1828, and was a member of the common-law commission appointed that year.
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English serjeant-at-law
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Henry John Stephen was born on 17 January 1787.
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Henry John Stephen died on 17 January 1864.
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Henry John Stephen was a serjeant-at-law, barrister and jurist.
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