Sir James Stephen
(1789-1859), Historian and colonial under-secretaryEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 1 portrait
Colonial Under-Secretary from 1836; an outstanding administrator, and an influential, if not always popular figure, he is said virtually to have ruled the colonial empire; resigned office 1847, and later became Professor of Modern History at Cambridge.
by Carlo Marochetti
marble bust, 1858
NPG 1029
Related People
- Vanessa Bell (née Stephen) (granddaughter)
- Adrian Stephen (grandson)
- James Stephen (father)
- Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bt (son)
- Sir Leslie Stephen (son)
- Thoby Stephen (grandson)
- Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (granddaughter)
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