Henry Stephen

Sir Matthew Henry Stephen (5 December 1828 – 1 April 1920) was a politician and Puisne Judge in New South Wales.

The Stephen family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia. Stephen was the eldest son of the Hon. Sir Alfred Stephen (1802–1894), who would later become Chief Justice of NSW and Lieutenant-Governor of NSW, and was born at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (later named Tasmania). He was called to the New South Wales Bar in 1850, and was appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1879. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Mudgee from December 1869 to December 1871, defeating Samuel Terry who had been a member for that an electoral district from 1859–1869. Stephen died at Bellevue Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 1 April 1920, survived by his second wife (Florence Sophie, née Huthwaite) and by Caroline, his only daughter from his first marriage.