Sir Nicholas Slanning, 1st Baronet (June 1643– April 1691) was an English courtier and MP.
He was born the son of Sir Nicholas Slanning, who was killed in 1643 fighting for the Royalist cause in the Civil War, and his wife Gertrude (nêe Bagge).
After the restoration of the monarchy he was knighted in 1661 and made a baronet in 1663. He was appointed Cupbearer to Queen Catherine of Braganza (1663) and Commissioner for Assessment for Cornwall (1661–1678), Devon (1661–1662, 1665–1680), Cornwall and Devon (1689–1690).
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664 but expelled in 1682.[1]
He was returned as MP for Plympton Erle (1669–1679) and Penrhyn (1679–1687).
He was also appointed Standard-bearer to the Band of Gentleman-pensioners (1676–1684), Commissioner for Rebels' Estates, Devon (1686), Vice-Warden of the Stanneries (1686-death) and Deputy-Governor of Plymouth (1688).
He dies in Tamerton Foliot, Devon in 1691. He had married four times: firstly Anne, daughter of Sir George Carteret, Bt, of St Owen's, Jersey, secondly Mary, daughter of James Jenkin of Treseny, Cornwall, thirdly Mary, daughter of Sir Andrew Henley, Bt, of Henley, Somerset and fourthly Amy, widow of Sir John Davie and formerly widow of Walter Hele of Newton Ferrars, and daughter of Edmond Parker of Bovingdon. His son, Sir Andrew Slanning, inherited his title.
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| Preceded by Sir Edmund Fortescue Sir William Strode |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1667–1679 With: Sir William Strode Sir George Treby |
Succeeded by Richard Hillersdon George Treby |
| Preceded by Sir Robert Southwell Francis Trefusis |
Member of Parliament for Penryn 1679–1689 With: Charles Smythe Henry Fanshawe |
Succeeded by Anthony Rowe Alexander Pendarves |