Sam Steele

Sir Samuel Steele
Col Steele commanding Strathcona's Horse
Born
Samuel Benfield Steele

(1848-01-05)5 January 1848
Medonte Township, Province of Canada
Died30 January 1919(1919-01-30) (aged 71)
Putney, London, United Kingdom
Alma materRoyal Military College of Canada
Occupation(s)Soldier
police officer
Known forFirst commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse
head of the Yukon detachment of the North-West Mounted Police during the Klondike Gold Rush
FatherElmes Yelverton Steele

Major-general Sir Samuel Benfield Steele KCMG CB MVO (5 January 1848 – 30 January 1919) was a Canadian soldier and policeman. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, and commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War.