Septimus Stephen

[1] The Stephen family is a prominent legal dynasty in Australia.

[2] He was born in Sydney, the seventh son of Sir Alfred Stephen KCMG CB (1802–1894), who would later become Chief Justice of NSW and Lieutenant-Governor of NSW,[3] and his second wife Eleanor Martha née Bedford.

W. H. Savigny's school and in 1858 became a solicitor's clerk, serving his articles with his brother Montagu Consett Stephen.

He was severely affected by the 1890s drought, which damaged many of his investments in Queensland.

He resigned from the Legislative Council in 1900[6] and died at East Woodhay in Hampshire the following year.