The son of John Surtees; he was educated at University College, Oxford and called to the Bar from the Inner Temple; he was chief justice of Mauritius (1835).

REFERENCES TO Sir Stephenson Villiers Surtees:

Sir Walter Scott to Charles Scott, 21 November 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Sir Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 11 July 1823 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Sir Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 3 October 1823 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)