Randolph Isham Stow

Randolph Isham Stow (17 December 1828 – 17 September 1878) was an English-born Australian Supreme Court of South Australia judge.

Early life Stow was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England and baptised at Water Lane-Independent, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England on 28 May 1829, the eldest son of the Reverend Thomas Quinton Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes. Shortly after the completion of his articles Stow became a junior partner in the firm. In 1859 Stow started a business for himself.

The Stow medal The Stow Scholarship and medal was awarded to any law student who was most successful at the final examinations in each of three successive years. Early recipients were: (Francis) Leslie Stow, his son, in 1892. Frederick William Young 1897 Richard William Bennett, Stanley Herbert Skipper both qualified 1901. It appears Bennett was awarded the medal to the exclusion of Skipper. James Leslie Gordon 1904, killed at Gallipoli in August 1915 Marmion Matthews Bray 1907 G. C. Ligertwood 1910 Edgar L. Stevens 1919. He was a son of Charles John Stevens (1857–1917) of the Register Gwendolen Helen Ure (later McCarthy) 1923 (Duncan) Campbell Menzies 1939 (Francis) Peter Kelly 1937. He was a son of Frank Kelly LLB William Andrew Noye Wells 1945

Family Randolph Isham Stow married Frances Mary MacDermott (1836 – 25 December 1914), daughter of Marshall MacDermott on 7 November 1854 at Christ Church, North Adelaide. Their family included: Percival Randolph Stow (c. 1857 – 20 December 1937) married Catherine Somerville "Kate" Langloh-Parker (1 May 1856 – 27 March 1940), widow of wealthy pastoralist Langloh-Parker. He was a lawyer, in partnership with Sir Josiah Symon and Arthur William Piper from 1892 to 1898. Ella Harriet Stow (15 October 1858 – 1 June 1944) Adelaide Elizabeth Stow OBE (31 May 1859 – 14 February 1945) married Lieutenant (later Vice-Admiral Sir) William Rooke Creswell (20 July 1852 – 20 April 1933) on 29 December 1888 Reginald Marshall Stow (6 Sep 1862 – 26 April 1920) married Gertrude Mary Sullivan (1890–1982) on 28 April 1915 in York, Western Australia Ernest Alfred Stow (18 January 1864 – 27 March 1885) Francis Leslie Stow LLD (16 Oct 1869 – 12 May 1935) married Annie Duxbury (1 April 1869 – ) on 6 May 1895. He was the first to graduate LLD. from the University of Adelaide, and the first to win the Stow Scholarship and medal, founded in honor of his father. He served as Crown Solicitor and Crown Prosecutor in Perth, Western Australia.