Stephen Winkworth Silver (26 February 1790, in Winchester – 1855)[1] was a London business man who established a company specialised in providing campaign and exploration equipment.
[4] Stephen moved to London, where he married Frances Susan Adams, from Barnstaple, Devon, on 1 February 1812.
Sons Stephen and Hugh joined S.W.Silver & Co. and Edgar became a perpetual curate in the Church of England.
[5] On 4 Oct 1855, Stephen died at Carshalton, Surrey, "in the 66th year of his age, after a painful illness, borne with the greatest submission".
His wife, Frances Susan, died on 19 Nov 1869 and was buried at the side of her husband in the cemetery at St John's Hampstead, Camden (along with three of their children).