David Steel
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The Right Honourable The Lord Steel of Aikwood KT KBE PC |
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| 1st Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |
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In office 12 May 1999 – 7 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | (office created) |
| Succeeded by | George Reid |
| Leader of the Liberal Democrats | |
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In office 3 March 1988 – 16 July 1988 Serving with Robert Maclennan |
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| Preceded by | (party created) |
| Succeeded by | Paddy Ashdown |
| Leader of the Liberal Party | |
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In office 7 July 1976 – 16 July 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Jo Grimond |
| Succeeded by | Paddy Ashdown (as leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats) |
| Liberal Chief Whip | |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 7 July 1976 |
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| Leader |
Jeremy Thorpe Jo Grimond |
| Preceded by | Eric Lubbock |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Smith |
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Member of Parliament for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
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In office 11 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Michael Moore |
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Member of Parliament for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles |
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In office 24 March 1965 – 11 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Donaldson |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Mark Ballard |
| Personal details | |
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David Martin Scott Steel 31 March 1938 Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Steel |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1965 to 1997 and as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2003, during which time he was the parliament's Presiding Officer. Since 1997, he has been a member of the House of Lords.
Lord Steel was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, the son of a Church of Scotland minister also called David Steel, who would later serve as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was brought up in Scotland and Kenya, and educated at Dumbarton Academy; James Gillespies Boys' School, Edinburgh; the Prince of Wales School, Nairobi; and George Watson's College, Edinburgh. Steel was president of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement campaign from 1966 to 1970.
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