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Name: STEPHENS, John Edward Robert
Birth Date: 1869 Howden, Yorks
Death Date: 11 Feb 1941 Sevenaoks
First Date: 1925
Profession: High Court. Judge of Appeal, Kenya 1925, retired 1931
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Newport, Mon. 1901 Euphemia Sarah Rutherford b. 1871 Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, d.1938 Stepney 2. In Westminster 1938 Nellie Marson b. 13 Nov 1876 Newport Pagnell
Children: Wilhelmina Euphemia (Ryding) (10 June 1902 Camberwell-18 Mar 1980 Shepway, Kent)
Author: Many publications
Book Reference: Red 25, CO, Dominion
School: St Olave's York, Royal University of Ireland
General Information:
CO 533/371/3 - Confidential Reports 1927 - The OAG regards him as a weak and unsatisfactory judge, though he believes him to be well intentioned.
Dominion - 2nd Puisne Judge - 1930
Gazette - 1/4/1925 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Judge - Mr Justice Stephens