Stepney baronets
| Stepney baronets | |
|---|---|
.svg) Escutcheon of the Stepney Baronets of Prendergast | |
| Creation date | 1621[1] |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1825[1] |
The Stepney Baronetcy, of Prendergast in the County of Pembroke, was a title in the
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]
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)
- Sir John Stepney, 1st Baronet (c. 1581–1624)
- Sir Alban Stepney, 2nd Baronet (died c. 1628)
- Sir John Stepney, 3rd Baronet (died c. 1650)
- Sir John Stepney, 4th Baronet (c. 1632–c. 1681)
- Sir Thomas Stepney, 5th Baronet (c. 1668–1745)
- Sir John Stepney, 6th Baronet (1693–1748)
- Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Baronet (1729–1772)
- Sir John Stepney, 8th Baronet (1743–1811)
- Sir Thomas Stepney, 9th Baronet (1760–1825)
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
).
See also
References
- ^ a b Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith.
- ^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
- ^ 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).
- ^ Landow, George P. (4 June 2008). "Lady Catherine Stepney as Cleopatra". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 15 December 2010.