Background
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.
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. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1660 and entered Parliament in 1670 as member for Yorkshire, and subsequently also represented Knaresborough (the family borough) and Scarborough. Sir Henry Slingsby, 3rd Baronet (c 1660-1691), his heir, also Member of Parliament for Knaresborough, who died unmarried
Barbara, Countess of Pembroke (d1722), 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).
Cavalier Parliament; Exclusion Bill Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament.