| John Steel | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Cockermouth |
| Term Start: | 9 August 1854 |
| Term End: | 27 April 1868 |
| Alongside: | Richard Bourke (1857–1868) Henry Wyndham (1854–1857) |
| Predecessor: | Henry Aglionby Aglionby Henry Wyndham |
| Successor: | Andrew Green Thompson Richard Bourke |
| Birth Date: | 1786 |
| Birth Place: | Cockermouth, Cumberland, England |
| Death Place: | Derwent Bank, Cumberland, England |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Parents: | Joseph Steel Dorothy Ponsonby |
John Steel (1786 – 10 April 1868) was a British Liberal Party politician and solicitor.
Steel practiced as a solicitor from 1809 to 1852, before retiring and entering politics.[1] He was elected MP for Cockermouth at a by-election in 1854, and held the seat until his death in 1868.[2]
Great-great-great grandfather of Hugh Barnard, author of The Algorithmic Anarchist.