Robert Aglionby Slaney
Robert Aglionby Slaney | |
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Member of the British Parliament for Shrewsbury | |
In office 1826–1834 | |
In office 1837–1841 | |
In office 1847–1852 | |
In office 1857–1862 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 June 1791 |
Died | 19 May 1862 |
Political party | Whig |
Spouses |
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Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Occupation | barrister |
Robert Aglionby Slaney (9 June 1791 – 19 May 1862)[2] was a British barrister and Whig politician from Shropshire. He sat in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Shrewsbury for most of the period from 1826 until his death in 1862.
Early life
[edit]Slaney was the eldest son of Robert Slaney (1764–1834) of Hatton Grange, Shropshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Mason of Shrewsbury.[3] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,[4] and was called to the bar in 1817 at Lincoln's Inn.[3] He succeeded to his father's Hatton Grange estates in 1834.[5]
Career
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He was first elected at the 1826 general election,[6] and was re-elected at the next three general elections,[6][7][8][9] until his defeat at the 1835 general election by the Conservative Party candidate John Cressett-Pelham.[10] He was re-elected in 1837,[11] but did not stand in 1841, when the seat was won by Benjamin Disraeli.[10] He won the seat again in 1847,[12] but did not stand in 1852.[10] He was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1854.[13]
Slaney was returned again at the 1857 general election,[14] re-elected in 1859,[15] and held the seat until his death, aged 70.[2]
Among other achievements, Slaney was instrumental in setting up the Select Committee on Public Health of 1840, which paved the way for the later Board of Health;[16] and in fostering the Industrial and Provident Societies Partnership Act 1852, sometimes known as Slaney's Act.[17] He served as commissioner "on the health of towns" from 1843 to 1848, and was particularly noted for his efforts to improve living conditions in urban industrial areas.[5]
Attending the opening of the London International Exhibition on 1 May 1862, he fell through a gap in a platform floor and injured his right leg, despite which he continued to view the exhibition and attended Parliament up until the 8th. He died on 19 May 1862, at his London house in Mayfair, from gangrene (then reported as 'mortification') that set in.[18]
Family
[edit]His residence was listed in 1857 as Walford Manor, Shropshire.[14] He married twice: in 1812 to Elizabeth Muckleston, and in 1854 to Catherine Anne Archer.[1] Slaney had three daughters, amongst whom his estate was shared.[19] The youngest, Frances Catherine, married William Kenyon, who as a condition of Slaney's will took the additional surname of Slaney.[19] The eldest, Elizabeth Frances (died c. 1870), married the naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton, a Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire.[20]
Archives
[edit]A collection of letters sent to Slanley are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. This archive collection also includes correspondence of his son-in-law, Thomas Campbell Eyton, and other family members.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eyton and Slaney Family Papers". Archives Hub. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ^ a b Clarke, Ernest (2004). "'Slaney, Robert Aglionby (1792–1862)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25713. Retrieved 9 November 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Slaney, Robert Aglionby (SLNY809RA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "SLANEY, Robert Aglionby (1791-1862), of Walford, Salop and 16 Tavistock Square, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 277–278. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ "No. 18720". The London Gazette. 24 August 1830. p. 1809.
- ^ "No. 18810". The London Gazette. 7 June 1831. p. 1107.
- ^ "No. 19010". The London Gazette. 4 January 1833. p. 27.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 277. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "No. 19530". The London Gazette. 8 August 1837. p. 2082.
- ^ "No. 20765". The London Gazette. 17 August 1847. p. 2996.
- ^ "Sheriffs For The Year 1854". The Times. London. 2 February 1854. pp. 7, col F.
- ^ a b "No. 21983". The London Gazette. 31 March 1857. p. 1181.
- ^ "No. 22258". The London Gazette. 3 May 1859. p. 1812.
- ^ E Halévy, Victorian Years (1961) p. 176
- ^ C Raven, Christian Socialism, 1848-1854 (1968) p. 289
- ^ "The late Mr. Slaney, M.P.". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 23 May 1862. p. 4.
- ^ a b "No. 22648". The London Gazette. 29 July 1862. p. 3777.
- ^ "Obituary: Thomas Campbell Eyton". The Times. London. 29 October 1880. pp. 6, col A.
- ^ "UoB Calmview5: Search results". calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1791 births
- 1862 deaths
- Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1826–1830
- UK MPs 1830–1831
- UK MPs 1831–1832
- UK MPs 1832–1835
- UK MPs 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- UK MPs 1859–1865
- High Sheriffs of Shropshire
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire
- Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge