About William Stephens
Lived 1641 – 1697 (aged 55–56). William Stephens was an English politician.
Sir William Stephens (c.1641 –1697) was an English Member of Parliament.
He was the first son of William Stephens and his wife Anne Redman (widow of Edward Harbert) and was educated at the Middle Temple (1656) and New College, Oxford (1658).
He was the Member of Parliament for Newport (IoW) from 1685 to 1687 and 1689 to 1695. He was knighted in 1684 and appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Wight for c.1689–93.
He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Hillary of Meerhay, Dorset, and had 2 sons and 5 daughters. Their son William was also an MP for Newport and later Governor of Georgia.
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Who was William Stephens?
English politician and Member of Parliament; (1641-1697)
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William Stephens was born in 1641.
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William Stephens died in 1697.
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William Stephens was a politician.
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