Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd Baronet

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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, and he was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in the same year.

Slingsby 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).


Parliament of England
Preceded by
Conyers Darcy
Sir John Goodricke
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
with Conyers Darcy

1670–1679
Succeeded by
Viscount Dungarvan
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Preceded by
William Stockdale
Sir John Talbot
Member of Parliament for Knaresborough
with William Stockdale

1679–1685
Succeeded by
William Stockdale
Henry Slingsby
Preceded by
Francis Thompson
William Thompson
Member of Parliament for Scarborough
with William Osbaldeston

1685–1689
Succeeded by
Francis Thompson
William Thompson
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Henry Slingsby
Baronet
(of Scriven)
1658-1688
Succeeded by
Henry Slingsby
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Robert Waters
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
1660
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Osborne

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