From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet
The Right Honourable
Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt
Background and education
PC The second son of Colonel E. H. Steel and Emmeline,
daughter of General Henry Drummond, Steel-Maitland
was educated at Rugby and at Balliol College, Oxford,
where he was a classical Scholar and Eldon Scholar in
1899. He gained first class honours in classics and law,
and became a Fellow of All Souls College in 1900. He was
Secretary, Junior Treasurer and President of the Oxford
Union Society, and rowed against Cambridge in 1899.
Political career
Steel-Maitland unsuccessfully contested Rugby in 1906,
and was a Special Commissioner to the Royal Commission
on the Poor Laws from 1906 to 1907. He was elected as
Member of Parliament for Birmingham East in 1910, a
seat he held until 1918,[1] and then represented Birming-
ham Erdington from 1918 to 1929[2] and Tamworth from
1929 until 1935.[3] He was the first Chairman of the Con-
Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt, c. 1930s. servative Party from 1911 to 1916.
Steel-Maitland served under David Lloyd George as
Minister of Labour
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1915 to
In office Baronet,
1917. The latter year he was created a Baronet of Sauchie
6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 in the County of Stirling.[4] He then held office under
Monarch George V Lloyd George as Secretary for Overseas Trade in his ca-
pacity as Head of the Department of Overseas Trade
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
(Development and Intelligence) from 1917 to 1919. In
Preceded by Tom Shaw 1924 he was sworn of the Privy Council[5] and appointed
Minister of Labour under Stanley Baldwin, with a seat in
Succeeded by Margaret Bondfield
the cabinet, a post he retained until the government fell
Personal details in June 1929.
Born 5 July 1876 Steel-Maitland was awarded honorary degrees of LLD
by Edinburgh University and St Andrews University.
Died 30 March 1935
Nationality British Family
Political party Conservative Steel-Maitland married Mary, daughter of Sir James
Spouse(s) Mary Maitland Ramsay-Gibson Maitland, 4th Baronet, of Barnton and
Sauchie, in 1901. He died in March 1935, aged 58, and was
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Arthur.
Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland,
1st Baronet PC (5 July 1876 – 30 March 1935) was a British References
Conservative politician. He was the first Chairman of the [1] Leigh Rayment’s Historical List of MPs –
Conservative Party from 1911 to 1916 and held junior of- Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
fice from 1915 to 1919 in David Lloyd George’s coalition [2] Leigh Rayment’s Historical List of MPs –
government. From 1924 to 1924 he was Minister of Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
Labour under Stanley Baldwin, with a seat in the cabinet. [3] Leigh Rayment’s Historical List of MPs –
Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Birmingham East Constituency abolished
Sir John Benjamin Stone January 1910–1918
New constituency Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erd- Succeeded by
ington Charles Simmons
1918–1929
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tamworth Succeeded by
Sir Edward Iliffe 1929–1935 Sir John Mellor, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Succeeded by
The Lord Islington 1915–1917 William Hewins
New title Secretary for Overseas Trade Succeeded by
1917–1919 Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt
Preceded by Minister of Labour Succeeded by
Tom Shaw 1924–1929 Margaret Bondfield
Party political offices
New title Chairman of the Conservative Party Succeeded by
1911–1916 Sir George Younger, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet Succeeded by
(of Sauchie) Arthur Ramsay-Steel-Maitland
1917–1935
[4] London Gazette: no. 30261. p. 9029. 31 August 1917.
[5] London Gazette: no. 32989. p. 8041. 7 November 1924.
External links
• Who Was Who • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by
Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt
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