Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele KCMG CB MVO (5 January 1848 – 30 January 1919) was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, most famously as head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, and commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War.
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5 January 1849 Purbrook, Bracebridge, Canada
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Died |
30 January 1919 (aged 70) Putney, London
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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