Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd Baronet

Summary

Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd Baronet (15 June 1636 – 1 March 1688), of Scriven in Yorkshire, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

He was the second but oldest surviving son of Sir Henry Slingsby, executed in 1658 for his adherence to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. The family estates were confiscated, but were restored following the Restoration in 1660.

He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1660 and entered Parliament in 1670 as member for Yorkshire, and subsequently also represented Knaresborough (the family borough) and Scarborough.

In 1658 he married Dorothy Cradock (d. 1673), daughter of George Cradock of Caverswall Castle, and they had three children:

  • Sir Henry Slingsby, 3rd Baronet (c. 1660 – 1691), his heir, also MP for Knaresborough, who died unmarried
  • Sir Thomas Slingsby, 4th Baronet (c. 1668 – 1726), who succeeded his brother
  • Barbara, Countess of Pembroke (d. 1722), who married three times – to Sir Richard Mauliverer of Allerton Mauliverer (d. 1689), to The Lord Arundell of Trerice (1649–1698), and to The Earl of Pembroke (1656–1733).

References edit

  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
  • Slingsby genealogy
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
1670–1679
With: Conyers Darcy
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Knaresborough
1679–1685
With: William Stockdale
Succeeded by
William Stockdale
Henry Slingsby
Preceded by
Francis Thompson
William Thompson
Member of Parliament for Scarborough
1685–1689
With: William Osbaldeston
Succeeded by
Francis Thompson
William Thompson
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Baronet
(of Scriven)
1658–1688
Succeeded by
Henry Slingsby
Honorary titles
Preceded by High Sheriff of Yorkshire
1660
Succeeded by