Editing Ninian Stephen (section)

==Early life==
Stephen was born in [[Nettlebed]], Oxfordshire, England, to Scottish parents, Barbara (née Cruickshank) and Frederick Brown Stephen. His father, a chauffeur,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/sir-ninian-stephen-obituary-2lgl02b70 | title=Sir Ninian Stephen }}</ref> poultry farmer and motorcycle courier in [[World War I]],<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/10/29/sir-ninian-stephen-australias-former-governor-general-war-crimes/ | title=Sir Ninian Stephen, Australia's former Governor-General and war crimes judge – obituary | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=29 October 2017 }}</ref> left the family shortly after his birth, emigrating to Canada and starting a new family; his son was told that he had died, and did not learn the truth until 2003. Stephen's mother, formerly a lady's maid<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/sir-ninian-stephen-obituary-2lgl02b70 | title=Sir Ninian Stephen }}</ref> was a [[Lady's companion|paid companion]] for Nina Mylne, the wealthy heiress of the [[Queensland]] pastoralist [[Graham Mylne]]; his given name was in her honour. During his early childhood, the three of them lived for periods in Switzerland ([[Geneva]] where he was christened and [[Montreaux]]), France (Paris, [[Cannes]], and [[Saint-Cast-le-Guildo]]) and Germany ([[Wiesbaden]]), where Mylne took him to Nuremberg for the 1938 [[Nuremberg rallies|Reichsparteitag Grossdeutschland]] (5-12 September) which he photographed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Ayres|first=Philip|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/841396139|title=A fortunate voyager : the life of Ninian Stephen|date=2013|isbn=978-0-522-86207-2|location=Carlton, Vic.|oclc=841396139}}</ref> They eventually moved to [[Edinburgh]] in 1929 so Stephen could begin his formal schooling.<ref name=fv>{{cite book |last=Ayres|first=Philip|author-link=Philip James Ayres|date=2013|title=Fortunate Voyager: The Worlds of Ninian Stephen|publisher=Melbourne University Publishing|isbn=9780522862089}}</ref>

Mylne paid for Stephen's education, which took place in Scotland ([[George Watson's College]] and [[Edinburgh Academy]]), London ([[St Paul's School, London|St Paul's School]]), and Switzerland (Chillon College, [[Montreux]]). He and Mylne generally traveled together, while his mother remained in Scotland and ran a boardinghouse. In 1940, the three of them moved to [[Melbourne]] to avoid the war, booking first into the Oriental Hotel then taking a flat in Linden Hall<ref name=":0"/> opposite [[Scotch College, Melbourne|Scotch College]] which Stephen attended for two terms, and was then accepted into the [[University of Melbourne]] to study law.<ref name=fv/><ref name=bc>{{cite book |last=Carroll|first=Brian|date=2004|title=Australia's Governors-General: From Hopetoun to Jeffery|publisher=Rosenberg|pages=173–179|isbn=1877058211}}</ref>