Background
He was born in Hobart, the son of Alfred Stephen and Virginia Consett.
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Montagu Stephen
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In 1843 he travelled to Tonbridge in England to complete his education, returning to Van Diemen"s Land in 1844 and becoming a solicitor"s clerk. Admitted as a solicitor in 1849, he practised alone and in partnership until 1864. Having moved to New South Wales, he worked as solicitor to the Australian Mutual Provident Society and was a Woollahra alderman and mayor.
He also held a number of pastoral runs in partnership in Queensland.
In 1869 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Canterbury, but he resigned in 1870. Stephen died in London in 1872.
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