David Steel (minister)
David Steel (5 October 1910 – 11 November 2002) was a Church of Scotland minister.
Biography
From 1949 to 1957 he was minister of St Andrew's Church,
In January 1955 he spoke out against government policy in a sermon at St Andrew's Church. The local English-language newspaper criticised Steel's intervention in politics, in an editorial titled "Who will rid us of this turbulent priest?",[1] thus implicitly drawing a parallel between Steel and Thomas Becket.
Steel also helped to secure the early release of a number of detainees.[2]
Steel returned to Scotland in 1957, and spent the rest of his ministry there, serving as minister at
Personal life
One of his sons, also David Steel, now Lord Steel of Aikwood, is a British formerly Liberal Democrat politician and former party leader.
References
- ^ Hello (14 November 2002). "Very Rev Dr David Steel". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ Empire's Children: David Steel, Channel 4 Television, 16 July 2007