Personal Life
He married Mary Richenda Cunningham, daughter of John William Cunningham, on 19 September 1855. Their children included:
- Katharine Stephen (1856–1924), Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
- Herbert Stephen (1857–1932), who succeeded him in the baronetcy
- James Kenneth Stephen (1859-1892), a promising poet who died within his father's lifetime
- Harry Lushington Stephen (1860–1945), appointed to the High Court of Calcutta in 1901, and became the 3rd baronet on the death of his eldest brother
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