Guilford Slingsby | |
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_cropped.jpg) Trial of the Earl of Strafford; Slingsby acted as his personal secretary during this period | |
| Member of Parliament for Carysfort | |
| In office August 1634 – April 1635 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1610 Bifrons, Kent |
| Died | 19 January 1643 (aged 32) Guisborough |
| Resting place | York Minster |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Royalist |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Royalist |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Colonel Guilford Slingsby’s Regiment of Horse [1] |
| Battles/wars | First English Civil War Battle of Guisborough |
Guilford Slingsby (1610–1643) was a member of the Yorkshire gentry who was confidential secretary to Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and present during the trial which ended in his execution in April 1641.
Slingsby sat in the Parliament of Ireland as Member of Parliament for Carysfort from 1634 to 1635, and during Strafford's period as Lord Deputy of Ireland was appointed to several administrative posts.
When the First English Civil War began in August 1642, he raised a regiment for the Royalist army in Northern England; he was badly wounded in a skirmish near Guisborough on 16 January 1643 and died three days later.