Jocelyn Stevens CVO

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Biography

Birth

Stevens was born in Marylebone, Central London, England. He was the son of Major Charles Greville Bartlett Stewart-Stevens and Betty Stevens (née Hulton), who died shortly after his birth. His father blamed Stevens for his mother's death, and the child was left in a flat near to Baker Street in London, attended to by nannies, a maid, a cook, a priest and a chauffeur.

Family

He was the nephew of the magazine publisher Sir Edward George Warris Hulton and the grandson of the newspaper publisher Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet and his second wife, the music hall artist known by the stage name Millie Lindon. His step-brother was the military officer Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen and Deputy Master of the Household in the Royal Household from 1976 to 1994. His step-sister Prudence, Lady Penn (née Stewart-Wilson), was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the wife of the former Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Eric Penn.

Marriage and Children

He was married to Jane Armyne Sheffield, a granddaughter of the 6th Baronet Sheffield and a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, for 23 years until 1979. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. Their daughter Pandora married property developer Charles Delevingne and they have three daughters, Chloe, and models Poppy Delevingne and Cara Delevingne. Stevens was a long-term partner of the philanthropist Dame Vivien Duffield until they separated in 2005. In 2008, he married Emma Cheape, daughter of the late Sir Iain Tennant and former wife of Angus Cheape.

Sources

• England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005, ancestry.com: Jocelyn E G Stevens, mother: Hulton, reg. Apr-May-Jun 1932, Marylebone, London, vol. 1a p. 594.
• England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, ancestry.com: Jocelyn E G Stevens & Jane A Sheffield, reg. Apr-May-Jun 1956, Kensington, Middlesex, vol. 5d p. 1804.
• U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2015, ancestry.com: Jocelyn Stevens, age 82, born 14 Feb 1932, died 12 Oct 2014, spouse: Jane Sheffield, children: Chloe, Poppy and Cara; Pandora, parents Major Charles Greville Bartlett Stewart Stevens, brothers and sisters: Prudence, Lady Penn.
• Wikipedia: Jocelyn Stevens