Rowland Stephenson (May 19, 1782 – July 2, 1856) was a British banker and politician who precipitated the collapse of a bank and took refuge in America. The son of banker and great nephew of his namesake, MP for Carlisle (1787–1790), he had been born at sea when his family returned from Florida when their business failed after the American War of Independence. He joined Remington, Stephenson & Company on leaving Eton. He already had several properties in Essex, the manor of Cockermouth and How Hatch estate in Dagenham, before adding to his property in Romford by buying Marshalls in 1816.