David Steel
David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood , KT , KBE , PC (born March 31, 1938 in Kirkcaldy ) is a British politician and was chairman of the Liberal Party from 1976 to 1988. From 1999 to 2003 he was also chairman of the Scottish Parliament .
Life
Steel attended George Watson's College in Edinburgh in Scotland and the Prince of Wales School in Nairobi in Kenya . He then studied law at the University of Edinburgh and worked for the Scottish Liberal Party and the BBC . In 1965 he was elected the youngest member of the House of Commons .
He was together with Robert Maclennan , formerly head of the SDP , in the transition phase of the merger with the Liberals chairman of the new party, which at that time still carried the name Social and Liberal Democrats ; later it became the Liberal Democrats .
In 1997 he left the House of Commons and was promoted to Life Peer on June 6, 1997 as Baron Steel of Aikwood , of Ettrick Forest in the Scottish Borders, and has been a member of the House of Lords since then .
Web links
- Mr David Steel at Hansard (English)
- Profile The Independent
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| SURNAME | Steel, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steel, David Martin Scott, Baron Steel of Aikwood |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Liberal Party politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirkcaldy |