# Harold Stephen

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**Harold Wilberforce Hindmarsh Stephen** (1841 – 30 November 1889) was an Australian politician.

He was born at [Penzance](/source/Penzance) in [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall) to land speculator [George Milner Stephen](/source/George_Milner_Stephen), who would later act as [Governor of South Australia](/source/Governor_of_South_Australia), and Mary Hindmarsh, daughter of Rear Admiral Sir [John Hindmarsh](/source/John_Hindmarsh), South Australia's first governor. He was educated in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) and in [Germany](/source/Germany). A journalist, he edited two short-lived publications of his own, the *Athenaeum* and the *Critic*, and was briefly editor of the *[Sydney Punch](/source/Sydney_Punch)*. His family was highly influential in [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales): [Sir Alfred Stephen](/source/Alfred_Stephen) was his uncle and [Sir Henry Stephen](/source/Matthew_Henry_Stephen), [Montagu Stephen](/source/Montagu_Stephen) and [Septimus Stephen](/source/Septimus_Stephen) were all cousins. In 1885 Harold Stephen was elected to the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) for [Monaro](/source/Electoral_district_of_Monaro). Defeated in 1887, he returned in 1889 but died nine months later in [Newtown](/source/Newtown,_New_South_Wales).[1]

## References

1. 778. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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