Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st Baronet (16 August 1865 - 20 September 1947) was a British

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 politician

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 and businessperson. His father was Henry Stephenson.

Stephenson was born into a military

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 family in Sheffield

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. He became the Chairman and Managing Director of Stephenson, Blake & Co Ltd, and later the Chair of the Sheffield Gas Company. He also became the Treasurer of the University College of Sheffield, and then the first Treasurer of its successor, the University of Sheffield

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.

Stephenson joined the Liberal Party

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 and was elected to Sheffield City Council

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, becoming Lord Mayor

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 in 1908-09 and again in 1910-11. In 1910, he also became the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, succeeding Frederick Mappin. At the 1918 UK general election, he became the first Member of Parliament

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 for the Sheffield Park

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 constituency, holding the seat as a National Liberal

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 in 1922, but dropping to a distant third place in 1923. He served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire

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 in 1932.

Stephenson became a Lieutenant-Colonel in World War I

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 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order

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. He also served as Master Cutler

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 in 1919 and later retired to Hassop Hall

Hassop Hall

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. In 1936 he was created a Baronet, of Hassop Hall in the County of Derby.