Steele, Samson STEELE, SAMSON (or SAMPSON). Adm. sizar (age 23) at Christ's, July 6, 1767- S. of Joseph. B. at CaverswaU, Staffs. School, private. Matric. Michs. 1767; I-L-B. I775- Ord. deacon (Norwich, Litt. dim. from Canterbury) May 21, 1769; priest (Lincoki) Mar. 1770; C. of Newntiam and Bredgar, Kent, 1769-71. V. of Newnham, 1771-1801 and V. of Tonge, 1801. (Peile, 11. 284; Clerical Guide.) STEELE, SETON ANDREW. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, May 20, 1896. S. of the Rev. William Ferguson (1867). B. Apr. 8, 1877, at Aylburton, Gloucs. Matric. Michs. 1896; B.A. 1899. STEELE, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, May 29, 1771. [Eldest] s. of Thomas, of Chichester, Sussex (and Elizabeth Madgwick, of Cuckfield, Sussex). Bapt. Nov. 17, 1753. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1772; Scholar. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 18, 1772. M.P. for Chichester, 1 780-1807. Secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance, 1782; Joint Secretary to the Treasury, 1783-91; Joint Paymaster-General of the forces, 1791-1804. P.C, 1791. A Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1791-3. Remembrancer, Court of Exchequer, i797- Married, Sept. 3, 1795, Charlotte Amelia, dau. of Sir David Lindsay, Bart. Died Dec. 8, 1823. (Record of Old Westminsters; Inns of Court; Return of M.P. s.) STEELE, THOMAS. Adm. sizar at St John's, Mar. 29, 1805. Of Surrey. [S. of Alexander, farmer, near Halifax, Yorks. B. Aug. 4, 1785.] School, Manchester Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1805; Scholar, 1805; B.A. 1809. Ord. deacon (Chester) May 28, 1809; priest, Sept. 22, 1811; C. of Hunderslield, Rochdale, 1809-16. V. of Littleborough, 1816-44. Married and had issue a daughter. Author, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns; An Address to the Inhabitants of Littleborough. Died Oct. 30, 1844, aged 59. M.I. at Littleborough. (Man- chester Sch. Reg.; Scott, MSS.; Crockford; G. Mag., 1844, 11. 663. See Fishwick, History of the Parish of Rochdale, 200.) STEELE, The Rev. THOMAS. Adm. sizar (age 24) at Peter- house, Dec. 9, 1819; a 'Ten-year man.' V. of Cowley, Gloucs., 1832-5. (T. A. Walker, 408.) STEELE, THOMAS. Adm. at Magdalene, July 3, 1820. B.A., incorp. from Trinity College, Dublin, 1820; M.A. 1820. [Only s. of William, deceased. B. Nov. 3, 1788, at Derrymore, Co. Clare.] Adm. at Trinity College, Dublin, July 8, 1805 ; B.A. (T.C D.) 1810. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 27, 1812. Fought with the patriot army in the Spanish war of 1823 against Ferdinand VII ; present at the battle of the Trocadero. An ardent follower of the agitator, O'Connell, who appointed him 'head pacificator'; arrested and tried with O'Connell, 1843. Shortly after O'ConneU's death, attempted suicide by jumping from Waterloo Bridge but was rescued, dying a few days later at Peele's coffeehouse. Fleet Street, June 15, 1848. 'One of the most picturesque figures in the history of Irish popular movements.' Known as 'Honest Tom Steele.' Author, Practical Suggestions for the Improvement of the Navigatnyn of the Shannon. Buried beside O'Connell in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin. (D.N.B.) STEELE, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 10, 1864. S. of Amelia Hardingham. B. Aug. 31, 1842, at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Bapt. Dec. 26, 1842. Matric. Michs. 1864. STEELE, THOMAS JAMES. Adm. sizar at St John's, Feb. i, 1834; re-adm. pens., Oct. 14, 1834. Of Middlesex. Matric. Michs. 1834. Kept three terms. Ord. deacon (Bath and Wells, Litt. dim. from Durham) Mar. 7, 1840; priest (Durham) 1840. Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of TankervUle, 1844. C. of Overton, Lanes., 1846-7. C. of Sedgefield, Durham, 1847-57. R. of Whepstead, Suffolk, 1857-1902. Disappears from Crockford, 1903. (Clergy List.) STEELE, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar at St John's, Apr. 18, 1752- B. in Ciimberland. Matric. Michs. 1752. Ord. priest (Here- ford) June I, 1755; C. of Ledbury, Heref., i755- V. of Hares- field, Gloucs., 1779-80. R. of Pixley, Heref., 1780-90. V. of Yarkhill, 1784-90. (St John's Coll. Adm., in. 613.) STEELE, WILLIAM FERGUSON. Adm. pens, at St John's, May II, 1867. S. of Matthew, merchant (and Charlotte Sophia). B. in the parish of Christ Church, Demerara. Bapt. July 31, 1848. School, Ruabon. Matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. 1871. Ord. deacon (Gloucester and Bristol) 1872; priest, 1873; C. of Alvington, Gloucs., 1872-7. V. of Norton, 1877-9. C. of St Simon's, Bristol, 1880-1. V. of St Andrew's, Mont- pelier, Bristol, 1881-98. R. of Nettleton, Wilts., 1898-1907. Disappears from Crockford, 1908. Father of Seton A. (1896). Steevens, George STEELE, WILLIAM JOHN. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, May 16, 1848. S. of the Rev. James, of Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, Ireland. B. Sept. 16, 1831. [At Glasgow Univ., 1844-7; M.A. 1847.] Matric. Michs. 1848; Scholar, 1849; B.A. (2nd Wrangler and 2nd Smith's prize) 1852. Fellow, ' 1854. A successful private tutor. Author (with P. G. Tait), A Treatise cm the Dynamics of a Particle. Died in College, Mar. II, 1855, of consumption; buried in Little St Mary's churchyard. {P. A. Walker, 495.) STEELE-PERKINS, JOHN S. S. (1894), see PERKINS. STEELE-WOOD, HERBERT S. (1876), see WOOD. STEEN, WILLIAM PEILE. Matric. Non-Coil., Michs. 1896. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Jan. 14, 1897; an 'Advanced student.' S. of the Rev. Isaiah [Presbyterian minister]. Head Master of the Royal Academical Institute of Belfast (and Dorothy Smith Peile). B. Feb. 27, 1857, in Belfast. School, Royal Academical Institution, Belfast [and at Queen's College, Belfast; B.A. 1879; M.A. 1880]. B.A. 1899; M.A. 1903. B.A. (London) 1887; M.A. (London) 1893. Head Master suc- cessively of two secondary schools at Lisburne, near Belfast, 1881-94; Principal of (the resident branch of) the University Correspondence CoUege, Cambridge, 1895-1910. A private tutor at Cambridge, 1910-14. Tutor at the Army College, Farnham, 1914-18. Married, July 30, 1894, at Tunbridge Wells, Ethel Louisa, dau. of Stourton Needham, school- master, of Tunbridge WeUs. Died Oct. 25, 1932, at Cam- bridge. (Peile, II. 814; The Times, Oct. 27, 1932.) STEER, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. ro, 1777. Of Yorks. [S. of Charles, merchant, of Wakefield. B. there, June 28, 1756.] School, Manchester. Matric. Michs. i777; Scholar, 1777; B.A. 1781. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, LM. dtm. from York) Mar. 9, 17S1; priest (York) July 22, 1781; C. of South Kirkby, 1781. R. of Axminster with Membury and Kilmington, Devon, 1782-1835. 'A great walker and a great talker." Twice married. Died Nov. 12, 1835, at Axminster. (Manchester Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 492; G. Mag., 1836, I. 209; F.M.G., II. 8x8.) STEER, WILLIAM HENRY HORNBY. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 7, 1875. [Elder] s. of Philip, artist [of Whitchurch, Heref.] (and Emma, dau. of the Rev. Wilham Harrison). B. [1856], at Claughton, Bidston, Cheshke. Bapt. Nov. 11, 1856. School, Hereford Cathedral (Mr Rudd). Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1885; M.A. 1889. Ord. deacon (Canterbury) 1886; priest, 1889; C. of Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells, 1886-92. Domestic Chaplain to the Countess of Rothes, 1 89 1-3. C. of St Jude's, South Kensington, 1892-8. V. of St Philip's, Lambeth, 1898-1910. V. of AU Samts, St John's Wood, 1910-21. J. P. for London. Chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, 1925. Married, June 8, 1898, Maria Halse Morgan, eldest dau. of William Reed, of South Ken- sington. Author, 2 he Seven Gifts; Nature's Witness to the Triniiy. Latterly of 52, Avenue Road, Regent's Park, N.W. Died in London, May 31, 1938. Brother of P. Wilson Steer, O.M., artist. (Crockford; Who's Who in Wales; The limes, June 10, 1898.) STEERS, SPENCER JAMES. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 3, 1817. Of Lancashire. Matric. Michs. 1817; B.A. 1821; M.A. 1847. Died Mar. 23, 1884, aged 87, at Halewood, Lanes. (Eagle, XIII. 285.) STEEVENS, GEORGE. Adm. Fell.-Com. at King's, Mar. 29, 1753. Only s. of George, a director of the East India Company [formerly Capt. in the Company's fleet] (and Mary Perryman). B May 10, 1736, in Stepney. Schools, Kingston-on-Thames and Eton. Matric. Easter, i753- Settled in London, at first in the Temple, later at Hampstead. Was ' very methodical in his habits; he walked into London before seven each mormng and paid visits to literary friends, bookshops and publishing offices, returning on foot early in the afternoon.' A well- known commentator on Shakespeare and a friend of Dr Johnson. Collected a valuable library of Elizabethan litera- ture. A frequenter of Dr Johnson's morning levees, delighting 'in the roaring of the old lion'; supplied Johnson with anecdotes and quotations for his Lives of the Poets. F.S.A.; F.R.S., 1767. Incurred much unpopularity because of spite- fulness and sarcasm; his mischievousness earned for him the title of 'The Puck of Commentators.' 'He came to live, wrote Dr Johnson, ' the life of an outlaw. The warmth of his temper put him at variance with so many of his acquaintance and he wished to avoid them.' Edited Shakespeare's Plays (1766), and assisted Johnson in Lives of the Poets. Donor of plate to the College. Died, unmarried, Jan. 22, 1800, at Hampstead. (Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.; Boswell, 11. 315; G. Mag., 1800, i; C. Brookes, Percy Letters.) 23