Family and Education

m. (settlement 14 June 1723) Mary Turner, 3s. 4da.

Offices Held

Director, E.I. Co. 1742-d.

Biography

William Steele, a merchant, of unknown parentage, was returned unopposed at Hindon, a venal borough, in 1741. Voting with the Administration in all recorded divisions, he was classed as an Old Whig in 1746, but did not stand again. He died shortly before 9 July 1748, appointing his friend John Selwyn to be his executor.1

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: R. S. Lea

Notes

• 1. PCC 226 Strahan.