Sir James Stephen (1789-1859)
Baron Marochetti (1805-1867)
1858
Marble
29 1/8 in. (740 mm.) high
National Portrait Gallery, London
Father of the editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, and paternal grandfather of Virginia Woolf, Sir James Stephen was a dedicated civil servant and historian whose main contribution was in his "emphasis on the limits of imperial control" (Shaw).
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Reference
A. G. L. Shaw. "Stephen, Sir James (1789-1859)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Web. 16 October 2012.
Last modified 16 October 2012