Father: William Stead (b. 23-Dec-1814, d. 13-Feb-1884)
Mother: Isabella Jobson (b. 18-Apr-1824, d. 20-Jul-1875)
Wife: Emma Lucy Wilson (d. 1932, until his death, four sons, two daughters)
Son: William (b. 13-Mar-1874, d. 14-Dec-1907)
Son: Henry (b. 31-Oct-1875, d. 10-Dec-1923)
Son: Alfred (b. 1877, d. 13-Sep-1933)
Daughter: Emma Wilson (b. 23-Oct-1879, d. 1966)
Son: John Edward (b. 1883, d. 1949)
Daughter: Pearl (b. 1889, d. 1973)

    High School: Silcoates School, Wakefield

    Review of Reviews
    Pall Mall Gazette Editor (1883-89)
    Pall Mall Gazette Assistant Editor (1880-83)
    Darlington Northern Echo Editor (1871-80)

Author of books:
The Truth about Russia (1888)
If Christ Came to Chicago! (1894)
The United States of Europe on the Eve of the Parliament of Peace (1899)
Mrs. Booth (1900)
The Americanization of the World, Or, the Trend of the Twentieth Century (1902)
Real Ghost Stories (1905)