Stephen Heward

{{Short description|Upper Canada public official}}

{{Infobox Politician

| name = Stephen Heward

| image =

| imagesize = 180px

| office2 = Auditor General of Land Patents for Upper Canada

| term_start2 = 1818

| term_end2 = 1828

| predecessor2 = John McGill

| successor2 = D'Arcy Boulton

| party =

| birth_date = 1777?

| birth_place = Cumberland, England

| death_date = 1828

| death_place = York, Upper Canada??

| occupation = Military officer, public official

| relations = George Crookshank - son-in-law

| spouse = Mary Robinson(1787- 1863), m. 1806 {{Cite web|title=Marriages from St. James Church, Toronto, 1800 - 1821|url=http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/old2.htm|access-date=2020-11-26}}

| children =

}}

Like many early officials in Canada little is known of Stephen Heward beyond his roles as a public official in Upper Canada after serving earlier in the British Army.{{Cite web|title=Heward (family) - Archeion|url=https://www.archeion.ca/heward-family|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.archeion.ca}}

Before and during his posting as Auditor General of Land Patents Heward held a number of posts:

• Clerk of the Peace for the Home District 1811-1828?
• Clerk of the Receiver General's Office 1815-1828
• Registrar General of the Court of Probate 1816-1828
• District Court Clerk for the Home District 1818-1828

Heward served during the War of 1812 as Captain in the 3rd York Militia and promoted as Major at end of the conflict.L. Homfray Irving, Honorary Librarian, Officers of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812-1815, Canadian Military Institute, Welland Tribune Print, 1908, page 67-69 For his military service he obtained land in Simcoe County.