Stepney baronets

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Stepney baronets
Escutcheon of Stepney Baronets of Prendergast (1621).svg
Escutcheon of the Stepney Baronets of Prendergast
Creation date1621 [1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1825 [1]

The Stepney Baronetcy, of Prendergast in the County of Pembroke, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 24 November 1621 for John Stepney. His son, Sir John, the third Baronet represented Pembroke and Haverfordwest in Parliament. The latter's nephew, the fourth Baronet, married Justina, daughter of Sir Anthony van Dyck. Their only son, Sir Thomas, the fifth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire. Sir Thomas's great-grandson, Sir John, the eighth Baronet, represented Monmouth in Parliament and served as Envoy to Dresden and Berlin. The eighth Baronet never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir Thomas, the ninth Baronet, on whose death in 1825 the baronetcy became extinct. [2]

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Catherine, Lady Stepney, posing as Cleopatra; by Richard Cockle Lucas, Victoria and Albert Museum Lady Catherine Stepney by Richard Cockle Lucas.JPG
Catherine, Lady Stepney, posing as Cleopatra; by Richard Cockle Lucas, Victoria and Albert Museum
Portrait of Catherine, Lady Stepney, by John Hayter Catherine, Lady Stepney by John Hayter.jpg
Portrait of Catherine, Lady Stepney, by John Hayter

Catherine, Lady Stepney was the wife of the ninth and last Baronet. She was an author of works of fiction. [3] The Victoria & Albert Museum has a bust of the London society hostess, Catherine, Lady Stepney, posing as Cleopatra. [4]

Stepney baronets, of Prendergast (1621)

Extended family

Maria Justina Stepney, sister of the eighth and ninth Baronets, married Andrew Cowell. Their son John Cowell succeeded to the Stepney estates, assumed the additional surname of Stepney and was created a baronet in 1871 (see Cowell-Stepney baronets).

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References

  1. 1 2 Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith.
  2. George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
  3. She was celebrated by Memoirs of Lady Russell and Lady Herbert, 1623-1723; compiled from original family documents, by Lady Stepney. London: A. & C. Black, 1898. Her novels include The Heir Presumptive (1835) and The New Road to Ruin (1833).
  4. Landow, George P. (4 June 2008). "Lady Catherine Stepney as Cleopatra". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 15 December 2010.