Hans Sloane (MP)

Summary

Hans Sloane (14 November 1739 – 1827), later called Hans Sloane-Stanley, was a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1806.

Hans Sloane
Born14 November 1739
Died1827
EducationNewcome's School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationPolitician
SpouseSarah Fuller
Children5 sons (including William Sloane-Stanley), 2 daughters
RelativesSir Hans Sloane (paternal great-great-uncle)
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller (cousin)

Early life edit

Hans Sloane was born on 14 November 1739 at South Stoneham, Hampshire. He was educated at Newcome's School,[1] Trinity College, Cambridge and the Inner Temple.[2] He was the great-nephew of noted physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., and first cousin of John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, who was also a Member of Parliament for Southampton in 1780. Another relative was Hans Stanley, grandson of Sir Hans Sloane, who guided his early career.

Career edit

Stanley was influential in the Isle of Wight, and found Sloane a parliamentary seat there, having him elected as Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) in 1768. From 1770 to 1782, he was also Stanley's deputy as Cofferer of the Household.

Sloane was later also MP for Southampton from 1780 to 1784, Christchurch from 1788 to 1796 and Lostwithiel, Cornwall, from 1796 to 1802, and a junior Lord of Trade from 1780 to 1782 (when he lost office with the fall of Lord North's government).

Personal life edit

On 24 June 1772, Sloane married Sarah Fuller, the daughter of Stephen Fuller and Elizabeth Noakes. They had five sons and two daughters. On the death of Hans Stanley in 1780, Sloane had inherited his estate of Paultons, near Romsey, subject to the life interest of Stanley's two sisters, and in recognition of this he adopted the additional surname of Stanley in 1821.[3]

Death and legacy edit

Sloane died in 1827. There is a memorial to Sarah in South Stoneham church.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ historyofparliamentonline.org, Sloane, Hans (1739–1827), of South Stoneham, Hants.
  2. ^ "Sloane (or Sloane-Stanley), Hans (SLN757H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ Coles, R.J. (1981). Southampton's Historic Buildings. City of Southampton Society. p. 14.
  • Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754–1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight)
1768–1780
With: John Eames 1768–73
Hon. John St John 1773–74
Sir Richard Worsley 1774–80
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Southampton
1780–1784
With: John Fuller
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Christchurch
1788–1796
With: John Frederick 1788–1790
George Rose 1790–1796
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
1796–1800
With: William Drummond
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
1801–1806
With: William Drummond 1801–1802
William Dickinson 1802–1806
Succeeded by