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Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland | |
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| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 1911–1916 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H.H. Asquith David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | George Younger |
| Minister for Labour | |
| In office 6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Tom Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Bondfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1876 (1876-07-05) |
| Died | 30 March 1935 (1935-03-31) (aged 58) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Mary Maitland |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet (5 July 1876 – 30 March 1935) was a BritishConservative politician. He was the firstChairman of the Conservative Party from 1911 to 1916 and held junior office from 1915 to 1919 inDavid Lloyd George's coalition government. From 1924 to 1929 he wasMinister of Labour underStanley Baldwin, with a seat in the cabinet.
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The second son of Mary Emmeline Eden Drummond, daughter of General Henry Drummond, and Colonel Edward Harris Steel, Steel-Maitland was educated atRugby and atBalliol College, Oxford, where he was a classical Scholar andEldon Scholar in 1899. He gained first class honours in classics and law, and became a Fellow ofAll Souls College in 1900 (receiving an MA from the college in January 1903[1]). He was Secretary, Junior Treasurer and President of theOxford Union Society, and rowed against Cambridge in 1899.
Steel-Maitland was appointed an assistant private secretary (unpaid) to theChancellor of the Exchequer,Charles Ritchie, in October 1902.[2] He unsuccessfully contestedRugby in 1906, and was a Special Commissioner to theRoyal Commission on the Poor Laws from 1906 to 1907. He was elected as Member of Parliament forBirmingham East in 1910, a seat he held until 1918,[3] and then representedBirmingham Erdington from 1918 to 1929[4] andTamworth from 1929 until 1935.[5] He was the firstChairman of the Conservative Party from 1911 to 1916, and founded theUnionist Social Reform Committee in 1911.
Steel-Maitland served underDavid Lloyd George asUnder-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1915 to 1917. The latter year he was created aBaronet, of Sauchie in the County of Stirling.[6] He then held office under Lloyd George asSecretary for Overseas Trade in his capacity as Head of the Department of Overseas Trade (Development and Intelligence) from 1917 to 1919. In 1924 he was sworn of thePrivy Council[7] and appointedMinister of Labour underStanley Baldwin, with a seat in the cabinet, a post he retained until the government fell in June 1929.
Steel-Maitland was awarded honorary degrees of LL.D. by theUniversity of Edinburgh and theUniversity of St Andrews.[citation needed]
A new residential area of Erdington, Birmingham had a road named after Arthur Steel-Maitland in December 2016.[citation needed]
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His brother, Col. Richard Steel, was concerned with MIO during the war.
Steel-Maitland married Mary, daughter of SirJames Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, 4th Baronet, of Barnton and Sauchie, in 1901. He died in March 1935, aged 58, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Arthur.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBirmingham East January 1910–1918 | Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament forBirmingham Erdington 1918–1929 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forTamworth 1929–1935 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1915–1917 | Succeeded by |
| New title | Secretary for Overseas Trade 1917–1919 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Labour 1924–1929 | Succeeded by |
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| New title | Chairman of the Conservative Party 1911–1916 | Succeeded by |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Sauchie) 1917–1935 | Succeeded by Arthur Ramsay-Steel-Maitland |
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