1602 - 1658 (56 years)
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Name |
Henry (of Scriven, 1st Baronet) Slingsby |
Prefix |
Sir |
Birth |
14 Jan 1602 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
8 Jun 1658 |
Tower Hill, London |
- He was initially sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered, but the sentence was later commuted to beheading, and he was executed on Tower Hill on 8 June 1658, together with fellow conspirator The Rev. John Hewett.
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Person ID |
I81779 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
25 Jul 2017 |
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Notes |
- He was a Yorkshire landowner, politician and soldier who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1642. He was executed for his adherence to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.
His uncles were Sir William Slingsby and Sir Guylford Slingsby. He was elected Member of Parliament for Knaresborough in the Useless Parliament of 1625. He inherited substantial estates at Scriven and Redhouse in the West Riding on the death of his father in 1634. In 1638 he was created a baronet.
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