Sir Nicholas Slanning | |
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Member of Parliament for Penryn | |
In office November 1640 – August 1642 (excluded) | |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle | |
In office April 1640 – May 1640 | |
Vice Admiral of South Cornwall and Governor of Pendennis Castle | |
In office 1635–1643 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 September 1606 Hele, Devon, England |
Died | 30 July 1643 Bristol, England | (aged 36)
Resting place | Unknown |
Spouse | Gertrude Bagge (1625 – his death) |
Children | Nicholas (1643–1691) Elizabeth (died 1724) Margaret (died 1682) |
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Occupation | Landowner and soldier |
Military service | |
Years of service | 1642 to 1646 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | Thirty Years War Bishops' Wars First English Civil War Braddock Down; Beacon Hill; Modbury 1643; Sourton Down; Stratton; Lansdown; Roundway Down; Bristol |
Sir Nicholas Slanning (1 September 1606 - August 1643) was a soldier and landowner from Devon who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was mortally wounded at Bristol on 26 July 1643.
A member of a wealthy family with extensive estates in Devon and Cornwall, Slanning gained military experience in the Thirty Years' War and was appointed Vice Admiral of South Cornwall and Governor of Pendennis Castle in 1635. He served in the 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars and was elected MP for Penryn in the Long Parliament, where he consistently supported Charles I.
Following the outbreak of the Civil War in August 1642, he raised a regiment of infantry from his estates in Cornwall and played a prominent role in the 1643 Western campaign, which ensured Royalist control of South West England. Badly wounded in assaulting Bristol on 26 July, he died three weeks later.