Sir Henry Slingsby, 5th Baronet

Sir Henry Slingsby, 5th Baronet (c. 1693 – 1763) of Scriven was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 41 years between 1714 and 1763.

Slingsby was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Slingsby, 4th Baronet and his wife Sarah Savile, daughter of John Savile of Methley, near Leeds. He matriculated at University College, Oxford on 13 October 1710, aged 17.[1] He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in November 1726. In 1729, he married Mary Aislabie, daughter of John Aislabie of Studley, Yorkshire who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1718 to 1721.[2]

Slingsby was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Knaresborough on his family's interest at a by-election on 17 May 1714. He was defeated at the general election of 1715, but regained his seat in 1722. He was returned unopposed at the general elections of 1727, 1734 and 1741 and voted regularly with the Opposition. In 1743 he was put forward by a French emissary to be one of a council to be set up to advise the Young Pretender on his arrival in England following a Jacobite rising and French invasion. Although he was not appointed, he was one of the few people who were given military details of the proposed French landing. He continued to be returned for Knaresborough without opposition at the general elections of 1747, 1754 and 1761.[3]

Slingsby died without issue on 18 January 1763. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brothers Thomas and then Savile Slingsby.[2]

Scriven Hall was built in about 1730. The house went out of the Slingsby family in the 19th century and was demolished after a fire in 1952. All that remains are the former stables and coach house built in 1682 which were converted to residential use in about 1965 and form a Grade II listed building.[4]

References
  1. "'Spackman-Stepney', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1394-1422". British History Online. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. "Complete baronetage Volume 2". W. Pollard & co. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. "SLINGSBY, Henry (?1693-1763), of Scriven, nr. Knaresborough, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. Historic England. "SCRIVEN HALL, Scriven (1250857)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Francis Fawkes
Robert Byerley		 Member of Parliament for Knaresborough
1714–1715
With: Francis Fawkes		 Succeeded by
Henry Coote
Robert Hitch
Preceded by
Hon. Richard Arundell
Robert Hitch		 Member of Parliament for Knaresborough
1722–1763
With: Hon. Richard Arundell 1722–1758
Hon Robert Walsingham 1758–1761
Lord John Cavendish 1761–1763		 Succeeded by
Lord John Cavendish
Sir Anthony Abdy, Bt
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Slingsby, 4th Baronet		 Baronet
(of Scriven)
1726-1763		 Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Slingsby, 6th Baronet
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