Background
Slade inherited his baronetcy from his father in 1962, and is usually known as Sir Ben Slade.
Slade inherited his baronetcy from his father in 1962, and is usually known as Sir Ben Slade.
Sir Ben was educated at Millfield School.
He lives at Maunsel House in Bridgwater, Somerset. Slade is childless and has said he is looking for a male heir who has genetic similarity to one of his further paternal ancestors, who will take an interest in running the estate and to whom he will leave it in trust. He had a relationship with Fiona Aitken (currently wife of the Earl of Carnarvon) for a few years in the 1990s.
Slade was later accused by a neighbour of having abused Hughes.
However Slade successfully sued for libel, and the neighbour admitted to fabricating the allegations in an attempt to sabotage Slade"s planned music festival. Sir Ben has starred in The Guest Wing, a television programme about owners of country houses, which was shown on Sky Atlantic in April 2012.