The Strang Steel descent from some older nobility:
Galfridus Mann, d.20/21 Dec 1756, twin brother of Walpole's great correspondent, Sir Horace Mann, Bt.; m.Sarah Gregory
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Catharine Mann (13 Aug 1742-17 Apr 1811); m.Lambeth Chapel 30 Apr 1771 Rt. Rev. Hon. James Cornwallis, Bp of Lichfield and Coventry [later, 1823, 4th Earl Cornwallis] (London 25 Feb 1743-Richmond 20 Jan 1824)
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2f) James, 5th Earl Cornwallis, took surname MANN on inheriting Linton (20 Sep 1778-Linton 21 May 1852); m.1st London 18 Dec 1804 Maria Isabella Dickens (d.16 Jan 1823); m.2nd London 22 Jan 1829 Laura Hayes (d.London 3 Aug 1840); m.3rd Croydon 4 Aug 1842 Julia Bacon (1811-St.Leonards-on-Sea 4 Nov 1847)
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Lady Jemima Isabella Mann (25 Dec 1806-17 Dec 1836); m.12 Apr 1828 Charles, 1821 WYKEHAM-MARTIN, of Leeds Castle (11 Sep 1801-30 Oct 1870)
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Fiennes Wykeham-Martin (1 Nov 1831-24 Apr 1867); in 1859 he took the surname CORNWALLIS, and in 1883 he inherited the Linton estate from his aunt, Lady Holmesdale; he m.29 Jul 1863 Harriet Elizabeth Mott (1 Sep 1843- ), whose maternal grandparents were William Sloane-Stanley and Lady Gertrude Howard
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Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis (27 May 1864-26 Sep 1935); m.10 Feb 1886 Mabel Leigh (d.6 Mar 1957)
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Hon. Vere Mabel Cornwallis (1889-8 Oct 1964); m.3 Aug 1910 Sir Samuel Strang Steel, 1st Bt (1 Aug 1882-14 Aug 1961)
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Sir Fiennes William Strang Steel, 2nd Bt. (24 Jul 1912-1992); m.7 Aug 1941 Joan Henderson (d.5 Jun 1982)
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Sir Fiennes Michael Strang Steel, 3rd Bt., b.22 Feb 1943; m.14 Apr 1977 Sarah Jane Russell
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Fiennes Edward Strang Steel, b.8 Nov 1978