{{Short description|English politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} '''Alban Stepney''' or '''Stepneth''' (died 1611) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1572 and 1611.
Stepney was the son of Thomas Stepney of Aldenham, Hertfordshire and his wife Dorothy (Dorati) Winde, daughter of John Winde (also Weind or Wynde and Wyld) of Ramsey, Huntingdonshire. He matriculated as a scholar from Christ's College, Cambridge in the autumn of 1562<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=STPY562A|name=Stepney, Alban}}</ref> and entered Clement's Inn. In 1561, he was appointed registrar of the Diocese of St Davids. In 1572, he was elected Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest. He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire from 1572 to 1573. He was commissioner for the tanneries in Pembrokeshire in 1574 and was a J.P. for Pembrokeshire from 1575. He was elected MP for Haverfordwest again in 1584 and in 1586. In 1589 he was elected MP for Cardigan. He was Sheriff of Pembrokeshire again from 1589 to 1590 and was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire from 1596 to 1597. He became Deputy Lieutenant in 1602. In 1604 he was elected MP for Pembrokeshire. He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire again from 1604 to 1605. He acquired Prendergast House (which was in ruins by the late 18th century) from his first wife, and was some time created Knight Banneret.<ref name=HOP>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/stepneth-alban-1611 |title=History of Parliament Online - Alban Stepneth |access-date=19 November 2011 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144814/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/stepneth-alban-1611 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stepney married firstly Margaret Cathern, daughter of Thomas Catharn or Cadern of Prendergast, and secondly Mary Philipps, daughter of William Philipps of Picton.<ref name=Venn/> His eldest son John was created a baronet in 1621.<ref name = Cockayne>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n201/mode/2up George E. Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Vol. 1'' (1900)]</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|en}} {{succession box | title=Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest | before= John Garnons | years=1572–1586 | after= Sir James Perrot }} {{succession box | title=Member of Parliament for Cardigan | before= Francis Cheyne | years=1589 | after= Sir Ferdinando Gorges }} {{succession box | title=Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire | before= John Philipps | years=1604–1611 | after= John Wogan }} {{s-end}}
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