Steer, Bertram, son of Charles Boyes Steer, C.B., of West Kensington; b. April 20, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left Sept. 1896; a driver in the H.A. C. in Great War I; discharged medically unfit Nov. 5, 1915.
Steen, Brian Robert Munn Hunter, son of James Hunter Steen of Cupar, Fife, and Phyllis Isobel, d. of Robert Andrew Munn, marine superintendent Union Castle Line; b. 23 Mar. 1917; adm. May 1930 (A); left Dec. 1935; AFRAeS 1938, CEng MRAeS; aircraft designer De Havilland Aircraft Co. 1939-60, in team which designed Mosquito, Comet and Trident; in charge graduate recruitment De Havilland, later Hawker-Siddeley Aviation, finally all aircraft group factories of British Aerospace, 1960-82; retd 1982; m. 26 June 1943 Mary Harriman, d. of William Harriman Moss, co. man. director, of Watton-at-Stone, Herts.
STEELE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Steele, Chichester, Sussex, Recorder of Chichester, and Elizabeth Madgwick, Cuckfield, Sussex; bapt. 17 Nov 1753; in school list 1764; KS (Capt. ) 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 29 May 1771, scholar 15 May 1772, matr. 1772; adm. Middle Temple 18 Jan 1772; MP Chichester 1780-1807; Secretary to Master-Gen. of Ordnance 1782; Joint Secretary to Treasury 27 Dec 1783-91; Joint Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 7 Mar 1791 – Jul 1804; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1791; Commissioner, Board of Control 16 May 1791 – Jun 1793; Receiver-Gen. , Alienation Office 1793-7; King’s Remembrancer, Court of Exchequer from 7 Nov 1797; the discovery in 1807 that he had not accounted for two large sums of money withdrawn by him from the Pay Office brought about his withdrawal from public life; m. 3 Sep 1785 Charlotte Amelia, sister of William Lindsay (qv); d. 8 Dec 1823.
Steele, Michael Chandos Merrett, son of William Chandos Steele MC, journalist, of Kingswood, Surrey, and Daisy Rhoda, d. of Francis George Merrett of Weymouth, Dorset; b. 1 Dec. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (R); left July 1949; RMA Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. RA Feb. 1952, Lieut. Feb. 1954, Capt. Feb. 1958, Staff Coll. Camberley 1962, Maj. Jan. 1965, Lieut. -Col. Dec. 1971; MBE June 1972; CO 22 ADRegtRA 1972-4, G1 HQDRA 1974-6, CO 7 Artillery Bde 1976-8; BGS Defence Sales Org. MOD 1979-82; Brig. 1975, Maj. -Gen. Apr. 1983; Chief Joint Services Org. Bonn 1983-6; Hon. Col. 104 AD Regt RA 1987-; Col. Commandant RA 1988-94; Regimental Comptroller, RA 1989-2001; DL Surrey 2016; m. 3 Apr. 1961 Judith Ann, d. of Edward James Huxford, engineer; d. 23 Jan. 2016.
STEDMAN, JOHN, only son of John Stedman, Chester [presumably adm. 1800, qv]; b. 20 Jul 1817; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836; adm, . Lincoln’s Inn 10 Jun 1835, called to bar 15 Jun 1840; equity draftsman and conveyancer; signed Play Protest 1847 as “John Stedman, jun. ”; d. 4 May 1872.
STEDMAN, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1683. [Note that Edward Stedman was a barrister, Inner Temple, in 1728].
Stedham, Henry Michael Aitken, son of Harry Easton Stedham, chartered surveyor, and Isabella Daphne, d. of Cyril Hamilton Aitken, civil engineer, of Canterbury, Kent; b. 5 Aug. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1941; RN and FAA 1942-5 (Petty Officer); Town Planning Officer LCC 1949-58, City and County of Newcastle-on-Tyne 1958-61; ARICS 1950; UCL, DipTP and DipCE. 1955; AMTPI 1955, FRTPI 1968; Housing and Planning Inspector, Min. of Housing and Local Govt 1961-73; Principal Planning Inspector DOE 1973-87; m. 24 June 1949 Margaret, d. of Sir Alec Paterson MC, HM Commissioner of Prisons; d. 29 Nov. 2013.
STEBBING, WILLIAM, brother of John Stebbing (qv); b. 16 May 1832; adm. 25 Jan 1844 (Scott's); QS 1845; left 1846; went to King’s Coll. Sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1850, scholar 1850-2; migr. to Worcester Coll., scholar 1852-6; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1852, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1853, 1st cl. Law and Modern History 1854; BA 1854; MA 1856; Fellow, Worcester Coll. 1856-70, subsewquently Hon. Fellow; Hon. Fellow, King’s Coll. London 1853; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jan 1856, called to bar 17 Nov 1858; equity draftsman and conveyancer; for nearly thirty years on staff of Times newspaper as leader writer and assistant editor; contributor to Saturday Review, Edinburgh Review; author, Some Verdicts of History Reviewed, 1887, and other works; left the sum of £150 to the School to provide a prize for English prose or verse; m. 1 Oct 1870 Anne Pinckard, third dau. of John Sills Pidgeon, Warley Elms, Essex; d. 16 May 1926.
STEBBING, JOHN, son of Rev. Henry Stebbing DD FRS, Rector of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, London, and Mary, dau. of William Griffin, Norwich; b. 23 Sep 1829; adm. 25 Jan 1844 (Scott's); Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 29 Nov 1849; solicitor, non-practising (1881 Census, then unm. ); d. 5 Nov 1887.
Steavenson, George Manchester, son of Charles Manchester Cohen, solicitor, of Hove, Sussex; b. 28 Aug. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf.; assumed the name Steavenson in lieu of Cohen 1930; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1934; m.; d. 28 Apr. 1935 after an aircraft accident.