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Stephen, Robert Campbell ASC 1886 HONOURED BY THE KING; COLONEL ROBERT CAMPBELL STEPHEN. Who has been created a Companion of the Bath. Colonel Stephen is the eldest son of the late Hon. S. A. Stephen, of Sydney. He was educated at All Saints' College, Bathurst, and then entered Trinity College, Cambridge. After leaving the University he joined the militia, and obtained a commission In the King's Liverpool Regiment. Subsequently, he received a commission in, and was adjutant of, the 14th Hussars, and also of the Imperial Warwickshire Yeomanry. He commanded the 14th Hussars in India up to the commencement of the war, when he was made colonel, and retained the command for about a year. While stationed at Meerut he was brigadier-general, and from there went to Mesopotamia' in command of the 6th Cavalry Brigade. He returned from there on March 16 last year, suffering from a bad attack of dysentery, and is now in London waiting to be passed by the Medical Board as fit for further active service. Colonel Stephen is a brother of Mr. Colin Stephen, of Messrs. Stephen, Jaques, and Stephen, solicitors. BRIGADIER-GENERAL STEPHEN RETURNS TO SYDNEY. After a distinguished career with the British Army, Brigadier-General Robert Campbell Stephen, who is related to the Messrs. Stephen, of the Sydney Arm of solicitors, Stephen, Jaques, and Stephen, returned by the Cathay yesterday to Australia? He want to England when a boy, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge. There he entered the 14th Hussars, in which he rose rapidly. In 1896 he was promoted to the rank of captain, and in the same year became adjutant. In 1901 major. In 1911 lieutenant colonel, and in 1914 colonel. He served also with the Warwickshire Imperial Yeomanry, and in 1916 commanded the 4th Cavalry Brigade at Meerut, and in 1916 the 6th Cavalry Brigade, in Mesopotamia. In 1S10 he was created Commander of the Bath. In 1919 be retired from the army. It is 20 years since General Stephen was last In Australia. "Even in a short drive through the city I see tremendous change," he said yesterday, "The harbour is more beautiful than ever, and the houses could not have been designed or coloured more effectively to suit its rich blueness." Brigadier-General Stephen, who is accompanied by his daughter, will remain in Australia for about three months, but he may, settle In the Commonwealth later. He is staying with Mr. Colin Stephen at Bellevue Hill. SMH 12/2/26 P.10 Alfred Stephen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Alfred Stephen, GCMG CB, PC (20 August 1802 - 15 October 1894) was an Australian judge and chief justice of NSW Stephen was born at St Christopher in the West Indies. His father, John Stephen (1771–1833), was related to Henry John Stephen, Sir James Stephen and Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, all men of great distinction in England. John became a barrister and was solicitor-general at St Christopher before his appointment as solicitor-general of NSW January 1824. He arrived at Sydney on 7 August 1824 and in September 1825 was made an acting judge of the Supreme Court. On 13 March 1826 his appointment as judge was confirmed. He resigned his position at the end of 1832 on account of ill-health and died on 21 December 1833. Alfred, was educated at Charterhouse school and Honiton grammar school in Devonshire. He returned to St Christopher for some years and then went to London to study law. In November 1823 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, and the following year sailed for Tasmania. He arrived at Hobart on 24 January 1825 and on 9 May was made solicitor-general, and 10 days later, crown solicitor. He allied himself with Governor Arthur in the latter's struggle with Joseph Tice Gellibrand, the attorney-general. Stephen's resignation of his position in August 1825, and his charges against his brother officer's professional and public conduct, really brought the matter to a head. Stephen always took an extremely high-minded attitude about his own conduct in this matter. The incident is discussed at length in R. W. Giblin's Early History of Tasmania, vol. II, p. 467, et seq. In 1829 Stephen discovered a fatal error in land titles throughout the Australian colonies. The matter was rectified by royal warrant and the issuing of fresh titles in 1830. In January 1833 Stephen was gazetted attorney-general and showed great industry and ability in the position. He was forced to resign in 1837, his health having suffered much from overwork, but after a holiday he took up private practice with great success. On 30 April 1839 he was appointed as acting-judge of the supreme court of NSW and he arrived in Sydney on 7 May. In 1841, when judge went to Port Phillip, Stephen became a puisne judge and from 1839 to 1844 he was also a judge of the administrative court. He published in 1843 his Introduction to the Practice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and on 7 October 1844 he was appointed acting chief justice. His appointment as chief justice was confirmed in a dispatch from Lord Stanley dated 30 April 1845. He was to hold the position until 1873 and during that period not only carried out his judicial duties but advised the government on many complicated questions which arose in the legislature. In August 1852 he recommended that the second chamber under the new constitution should be partly nominated and partly elected. In May 1856 he was appointed president of the legislative council and held the position until January 1857. He was able to give the council the benefit of his experience by framing legislation dealing with land titles, the legal profession, and the administration of justice. He continued to hold his seat until November 1858 when judges were precluded from sitting in parliament. In February 1860 he obtained 12 months leave of absence and visited Europe. On his return he gave much consideration to the question of criminal law, and was principally responsible for a criminal law amendment bill which although first brought before parliament in 1872, did not actually become law until 1883. He resigned his chief justiceship in 1873. He had administered the government between the departure of the Earl of Belmore in February 1872 and the arrival of Sir Hercules Robinson in June. He was appointed lieutenant-governor in 1875 and several times administered the government. He was a member of the legislative council for many years from 1875, taking an active part in the debates, and from 1880 he was president of the trustees of the national gallery. In 1883, with A. Oliver, he published Criminal Law Manual, comprising the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1883, and towards the end of his life interested himself in the amending of the law of divorce. Among his writings on the subject was an article in the Contemporary Review for June 1891 in reply to one by W. E. Gladstone in the North American Review. Stephen resigned from the legislative council in 1891 and lived in retirement. He was still comparatively vigorous when he passed his ninetieth birthday in August 1892 and never completely took to his bed. He faded quietly out of life on 15 October 1894, his intellect bright and clear to the last. He married Virginia, daughter of Matthew Consett, who died in 1837, and Eleanor daughter of the Rev. William Bedford, who died in 1886. There were nine children of each marriage and at the time of Stephen's death he had 66 grandchildren. He was knighted in 1846 and was a made a CB in 1862, KCMG in 1874, GCMG in 1884, and privy councilor in 1893. Of Stephen's sons, Alfred Hewlett Stephen, born in 1826, entered the Church and in 1869 became a canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. Another, Sir Matthew Henry Stephen (1828–1920), became a puisne judge of the supreme court of NSW in 1887, and a third son, Hon. Septimus Alfred Stephen (1842-1901) was a distinguished lawyer and NSW politician. Other sons held prominent positions in Sydney. Of his grandsons, Edward Milner Stephen was appointed a Supreme Court judge at Sydney in 1929 and Brigadier-general Robert Campbell Stephen, served with distinction in the 1914-18 war. A great-grandson, Lieutenant Adrian Consett Stephen, killed in the same war, showed much promise as a writer. His Four Plays and An Australian in the R.F.A. were published posthumously in 1918. Alfred's only brother, George Milner Stephen (1812 – 1894), was a barrister with a significant political career in South Australia and Victoria. DEATH OF MRS. E. M. STEPHEN. A cable message received in Sydney yesterday announced the death of Mrs. Edith Mary Stephen, wife of Brigadier-General Robert Campbell Stephen, C.B., at Holmes House, Totland Bay, and Isle of Wight. Mrs. Stephen was a daughter of Mr. James Osborne, of Melbourne, and many years ago resided at Riversdale Station, Burradoo. Mr. Colin Stephen, of Sydney, Is a brother-in-law of the deceased, and Alderman Milner Stephen and Dr. Edgar Stephen, also of Sydney, are cousins. _________________________ SMH 15/9/25 P.12 .
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