Sir Nicholas Slanning, 1st Baronet

Sir Nicholas Slanning, 1st Baronet FRS (June 1643– April 1691) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1667 and 1689.

Life

Slanning was the son of Sir Nicholas Slanning and his wife Gertrude (nêe Bagge).^[1] His father was killed in 1643 fighting for the Royalist cause in the Civil War.

After the restoration of the monarchy Slanning 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). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664.^[2]

In 1669, Slanning was elected Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle in the Cavalier Parliament. He was elected MP for Penrhyn in 1679 and in 1681 and 1685.^[1] He was expelled from the Royal Society in 1682.^[2] He was 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 was Commissioner for Assessment for Cornwall and Devon from 1689 to 1690.^[1]

Slanning died in Tamerton Foliot, Devon in 1691.

Family

Slanning 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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