Sir Samuel Strang Steel, 1st Baronet (1 August 1882 – 14 August 1961) was a Conservative Party

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 politician in the United Kingdom

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. He was elected as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Ashford

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 at the 1918 general election

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, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1929 general election

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 by the Liberal Party

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 candidate, Rev. Roderick Kedward

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He was made a Baronet in July 1938, of Philiphaugh

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, Selkirkshire, and from 1948 to 1958 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire

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In 1910 he married Vere Mabel, daughter of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis

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. The couple had four sons and one daughter.