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About Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet
Judge of the High Court of Justice
Anglo-Indian Administrator
British legal historian, Author noted for criminal law reform proposals
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Wikipedia:
- "Born in Kensington, London, he was the son of James Stephen, the brother of author and critic Sir Leslie Stephen, the uncle of author Virginia Woolf, and cousin of jurist A.V. Dicey.
- He was educated at Eton College, and
- for two years at King's College London.
- In October 1847 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge. Although an outstanding student he did not win any prizes, mainly because he was uninterested in mathematics or classics, which formed the basis of the course. He was already acquainted with Sir Henry Maine, six years his senior, and then newly appointed to the Chair of civil law at Cambridge. Although their temperaments were very different, their acquaintance became a strong friendship, which ended only with Maine's death in 1888.
- Stephen was introduced by Maine into the Cambridge society known as Cambridge Apostles, forming friendships with some of its members. The society contained a remarkable group of men who afterwards became eminent in different ways: for example, developer of classical electromagnetic theory James Clerk Maxwell and Liberal Party leader Sir William Harcourt.
After leaving Cambridge, Fitzjames Stephen decided to go into law.
His own estimation of his professional success—written in later years—was that in spite of such training rather than because of it, he became a moderately successful advocate and a rather distinguished judge.
His legal career was a notable one."
He was called to the bar in 1854 - contributed articles on a wide range of topics to various periodicals, especially the Pall Mall Gazette.
He married Mary Richenda Cunningham, daughter of John William Cunningham on 19 September 1855.
Their children included:
* Katharine Stephen (1856–1924), Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
- Herbert Stephen (1857–1932), who succeeded him in the baronetcy
- James Kenneth Stephen (1859-1892), a promising poet who died within his father's lifetime
- Harry Lushington Stephen (1860–1945), appointed to the High Court of Calcutta in 1901,[5] and became the 3rd baronet on the death of his eldest brother
- Helen Stephen (1862 - 1908)
- Rosamond Stephen (1868 - 1951)
- Dorothea Stephen (1871 - 1965)
In '''1863''' he published his General View of the Criminal Law of England
In 1869 he accepted the post of legal member of the Colonial Council in India.
1872 The Indian Evidence Act , entirely Stephen's own work, made the rules of evidence uniform for all residents of India, regardless of caste, social position, or religion.
Stephen, mainly for family reasons, came home to England in the spring of 1872.
1883 The historical materials which Stephen had long been collecting took permanent shape the same year as the History of the Criminal Law of England.
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Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet's Timeline
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March 3, 1829
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Anaverua, Ravendale, County Louth, Leinster, Ireland
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1856
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1857
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1859
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1860
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1861
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Paddington, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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1869
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London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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1872
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Shimla, Shimla Hill States, British India
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| 1894 |
March 11, 1894
Age 65
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Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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