Stephen David Hippisley-Cox is the son of Denis Hippisley-Cox and Anne Elizabeth Greenhough.

Stephen was born in 1963 (date suppressed) in Portland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Stephen married Julia Lewis on Saturday 25 November 1989 in St Timothy's Church, Crookes, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Julia Lewis:

- Rosemary Ann Hippisley-Cox	born in 1998 (date suppressed).
- David James Hippisley-Cox	born in 1999 (date suppressed).
- Flora Jane Hippisley-Cox	born in 2001 (date suppressed).

Stephen is a Clergyman.