General Sir James Stuart Steele GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (26 October 1894 – 24 July 1975) was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces.

[2] The citation for his MC reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in volunteering to go out and clear up the situation when the battalion was suffering severe casualties and no messages had got back from the front line.

[2] Returning to England, he was promoted to colonel on 27 June 1939 and made Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office on the same date.

[2] He served in France and Belgium in 1940 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his part in the engagement on the River Escaut and the subsequent withdrawal to Dunkirk.

[10] Promoted to the acting rank of major-general on 15 February 1941,[11] he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, a second line TA formation.

[2] He returned to England and was then appointed Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1943, and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 14 October 1943.