William Stephens (d. 1697)

For English MP for Newport and Newtown in the early 1700s, see William Stephens (Georgia).

Sir William Stephens (c.1641 –1697) was a British Member of Parliament.[1]

He was the first son of William Stephens and his wife Anne Redman (widow of Edward Harbert)and was educated at the Middle Temple (1656) and New College, Oxford (1658).

He was the Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) from 1685 to 1687 and 1689 to 1695. He was knighted in 1684 and appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Wight for c.1689–93.

He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Hillary of Meerhay, Dorset, and had 2 sons and 5 daughters.

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  1. ↑ STEPHENS, Sir William (c.1641-97), of Barton, I.o.W. at The History of Parliament Trust
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