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Family of Robert Slaney and Mary Mason

Husband: Robert Slaney

  • Name:

  • Robert Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Plowden Slaney (1724-1788)

  • Mother:

  • Martha Pitt (c. 1731-1811)

  • Birth:

  • 12 Jun 1764

  • Hatton Grange, Shropshire

  • Baptism:

  • 15 Jun 1764 (age 0)

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Death:

  • 12 Feb 1834 (age 69)

  • Hatton Grange, Shropshire

  • Probate:

  • 24 Mar 1834

  • PROB 11/1829

Wife: Mary Mason

  • Name:

  • Mary Mason

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1770

  • Shrewsbury, Shropshire

  • Death:

  • 1836 (age 65-66)

  • Hatton Grange, Shropshire

  • Burial:

  • 5 Dec 1836

  • St Andrew, Shifnal, Shropshire (aged 67)

  • Probate:

  • 20 Dec 1836

  • PROB 11/1870

Child 1: Robert Aglionby Slaney

  • Name:

  • Robert Aglionby Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Muccleston ( - )

  • Note 1:

  • Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 13, 1809. [Eldest s. of Robert, Esq. (Pembroke College, Oxford, 1781), of Hatton Grange, Salop (and Mary, dau. of Thomas Mason, of Shrewsbury). B. June 9, 1791.] Matric. Michs. 1809. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 18, 1810. Called to the Bar, 1817. On the Oxford Circuit. M.P. for Shrewsbury, 1826-34, 1837-41, 1847-62. An advocate of rural and economic reform, known by his "benevolent exertions to ameliorate the condition of the poor." Chairman of the Committee on Education, 1838 and on the Health of the poorer Classes in large Towns, 1840. Commissioner on the health of towns, 1843-6. Succeeded to his father's property, Hatton Grange, Shropshire, 1834. Also of Walford Manor. J.P. and D.L. for Shropshire. High Sheriff, 1854. "A bold rider to hounds, a fine shot and a good naturalist." Married (1) Feb. 7, 1812, Elizabeth, dau. of William Hawkins Muccleston, M.D., and had issue; (2) 1854, Catherine, dau. of the Rev. George Buckston, of Derbs., and widow of [p.531] Graves Archer, Esq., of Mount John, Co. Wicklow. Author, Short Journal of a Visit to Canada and to the States of America in 1860; An Essay on the Employment of the Poor; Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Expenditure; An Outline of the Smaller British Birds; A Plea for the Working Classes. Died May 19, 1862, at his residence, 5, Bolton Row, Piccadilly, "from the effects of falling through a gap in the floor at the opening of the International Exhibition." (Burke, L.G.; G. Mag., 1862, I. 794; D.N.B.)

    Ancestry.com. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database on-line]

  • Note 2:

  • 5 September 1862. The Will with three Codicils of Robert Aglionby Slaney late of Walford Manor in the County of Salop Esquire deceased who died 19 May 1862 at 5 Bolton Row in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square Middlesex was proved at Shrewsbury by the oaths of William Kenyon Slaney of Walford in the said County of Salop Esquire the Reverend Robert William Eyton of Ryton in the same County Clerk and the Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan of 5 Addison Road in the said County of Middlesex Knight three of the Executors. Effects under £100,000.

  • Birth:

  • 9 Jun 1791

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Death:

  • 19 May 1862 (age 70)

  • 5 Bolton Row, Piccadilly, London

Child 2: Thomas Plowden Slaney

  • Name:

  • Thomas Plowden Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Eliza Cooke (1791-1855)

  • Note (shared):

  • Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 13, 1809. [2nd s. of Robert, of Hatton Grange, near Shifnal, Salop (and Mary, dau. of Thomas Mason, of Shrewsbury). B. Aug. 10, 1792.] Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar, 1811; M.B. 1814. Married, Dec. 7, 1815, Eliza Cooke, of Shrewsbury. Died, s.p., Aug. 2, 1819, in Florence. M.I. at Leghorn. Brother of the above. (Burke, L.G., which gives ?died 1820?; Misc. Gen. et Her., 3rd S., II. 152.)

    Ancestry.com. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database on-line]

  • Birth:

  • 10 Aug 1792

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Aug 1792 (age 0)

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Death:

  • 2 Aug 1819 (age 26)

  • Florence, Italy

  • Occupation:

  • 1820 (age 27-28)

  • -; Dr of Physic of Trinity College Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (on will)

  • Probate:

  • 18 Apr 1820

  • PROB 11/1628

Child 3: William Henry Slaney

  • Name:

  • William Henry Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • 16 April 1863. The Will with two Codicils of William Henry Slaney late of Hatton Hall in the County of Salop deceased who died 25 December 1862 at Hatton Hall aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William Kenyon Slaney of Walford Hall in the said County Esquire and Alexander Erskine Holmes of 2 St. George's Place Hyde Park in the County of Middlesex Esquire the Executors. Effects under £14,000.

  • Birth:

  • 1 Aug 1794

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Aug 1794 (age 0)

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 46-47)

  • Attorney, Hatton Hall, Shifnal, Shropshire (living alone with servant)

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 66-67)

  • Landed proprietor retired from the law, Hatton Grange Hall, Shifnal (unmarried)

  • Death fact:

  • 1862 (age 67-68)

  • 1862 Dec Qtr, Shifnal, 6a/395

  • Death:

  • 25 Dec 1862 (age 68)

  • Hatton Hall, Shifnal, Shropshire

Child 4: George Moreton Slaney

  • Name:

  • George Moreton Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 20 Nov 1795

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Dec 1795 (age 0)

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Death:

  • 2 Jul 1798 (age 2)

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

Child 5: Frances Mary Slaney

  • Name:

  • Frances Mary Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 29 May 1797

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Baptism:

  • 20 Jun 1797 (age 0)

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

  • Death:

  • 2 Dec 1798 (age 1)

  • Shifnal, Shropshire

Child 6: Mary Slaney

  • Name:

  • Mary Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  • 23 February 1885. The Will with a Codicil of Mary Slaney late of the Grove Ryton in the County of Salop Spinster who died 18 January 1885 at Ryton was proved at Shrewsbury by William Slaney Kenyon Slaney of Hatton Grange in the County of Salor Esquire Lieutenant-Colonel in Her Majesty's Grenadier Guards and Owen Slaney Wynne of Plas Newydd Ruabon in the County of Denbigh Esquire the Great Nephews the Executors. Personal Estate £88,702 0s. 5d.

  • Birth:

  • 17 Oct 1801

  • Roehampton, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Nov 1801 (age 0)

  • Putney, Surrey

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 59-60)

  • Unmarried, living with brother William Henry, Hatton Grange, Shifnal

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 69-70)

  • Staying with sister Eliza & Alexander Holmes, Knightsbridge

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 79-80)

  • "Lady", The Grove, Ryton, Shifnal, Shropshire (unmarried)

  • Death fact:

  • 1885 (age 83-84)

  • 1885 Mar Qtr, Shifnal, 6a/485 (aged 83)

  • Death:

  • 18 Jan 1885 (age 83)

  • Ryton, Shropshire

Child 7: Elizabeth Harriet Slaney

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Harriet Slaney

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Alexander Erskine Holmes (c. 1808-1878)

  • Note:

  • HOLMES Elizabeth Harriet of 2 St. George's Place Hyde Park Middlesex widow died 21 December 1893; Probate London 24 January 1894 to William Slaney Kenyon Slaney colonel in Her Majesty's army and Owen Slaney Wynne esquire. Effects £53700 0s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 1804

  • Roehampton, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Sep 1804 (age 0)

  • Tong, Shropshire

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 66-67)

  • Wife in household

  • Death:

  • 21 Dec 1893 (age 88-89)

  • Hyde Park, Middlesex

Note on Child 1: Robert Aglionby Slaney (1)

Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 13, 1809. [Eldest s. of Robert, Esq. (Pembroke College, Oxford, 1781), of Hatton Grange, Salop (and Mary, dau. of Thomas Mason, of Shrewsbury). B. June 9, 1791.] Matric. Michs. 1809. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 18, 1810. Called to the Bar, 1817. On the Oxford Circuit. M.P. for Shrewsbury, 1826-34, 1837-41, 1847-62. An advocate of rural and economic reform, known by his "benevolent exertions to ameliorate the condition of the poor." Chairman of the Committee on Education, 1838 and on the Health of the poorer Classes in large Towns, 1840. Commissioner on the health of towns, 1843-6. Succeeded to his father's property, Hatton Grange, Shropshire, 1834. Also of Walford Manor. J.P. and D.L. for Shropshire. High Sheriff, 1854. "A bold rider to hounds, a fine shot and a good naturalist." Married (1) Feb. 7, 1812, Elizabeth, dau. of William Hawkins Muccleston, M.D., and had issue; (2) 1854, Catherine, dau. of the Rev. George Buckston, of Derbs., and widow of [p.531] Graves Archer, Esq., of Mount John, Co. Wicklow. Author, Short Journal of a Visit to Canada and to the States of America in 1860; An Essay on the Employment of the Poor; Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Expenditure; An Outline of the Smaller British Birds; A Plea for the Working Classes. Died May 19, 1862, at his residence, 5, Bolton Row, Piccadilly, "from the effects of falling through a gap in the floor at the opening of the International Exhibition." (Burke, L.G.; G. Mag., 1862, I. 794; D.N.B.)

Ancestry.com. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database on-line]

Note on Child 1: Robert Aglionby Slaney (2)

5 September 1862. The Will with three Codicils of Robert Aglionby Slaney late of Walford Manor in the County of Salop Esquire deceased who died 19 May 1862 at 5 Bolton Row in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square Middlesex was proved at Shrewsbury by the oaths of William Kenyon Slaney of Walford in the said County of Salop Esquire the Reverend Robert William Eyton of Ryton in the same County Clerk and the Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan of 5 Addison Road in the said County of Middlesex Knight three of the Executors. Effects under £100,000.

Note on Child 2: Thomas Plowden Slaney - shared note

Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 13, 1809. [2nd s. of Robert, of Hatton Grange, near Shifnal, Salop (and Mary, dau. of Thomas Mason, of Shrewsbury). B. Aug. 10, 1792.] Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar, 1811; M.B. 1814. Married, Dec. 7, 1815, Eliza Cooke, of Shrewsbury. Died, s.p., Aug. 2, 1819, in Florence. M.I. at Leghorn. Brother of the above. (Burke, L.G., which gives ?died 1820?; Misc. Gen. et Her., 3rd S., II. 152.)

Ancestry.com. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database on-line]

Note on Child 3: William Henry Slaney

16 April 1863. The Will with two Codicils of William Henry Slaney late of Hatton Hall in the County of Salop deceased who died 25 December 1862 at Hatton Hall aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William Kenyon Slaney of Walford Hall in the said County Esquire and Alexander Erskine Holmes of 2 St. George's Place Hyde Park in the County of Middlesex Esquire the Executors. Effects under £14,000.

Note on Child 6: Mary Slaney

23 February 1885. The Will with a Codicil of Mary Slaney late of the Grove Ryton in the County of Salop Spinster who died 18 January 1885 at Ryton was proved at Shrewsbury by William Slaney Kenyon Slaney of Hatton Grange in the County of Salor Esquire Lieutenant-Colonel in Her Majesty's Grenadier Guards and Owen Slaney Wynne of Plas Newydd Ruabon in the County of Denbigh Esquire the Great Nephews the Executors. Personal Estate £88,702 0s. 5d.

Note on Child 7: Elizabeth Harriet Slaney

HOLMES Elizabeth Harriet of 2 St. George's Place Hyde Park Middlesex widow died 21 December 1893; Probate London 24 January 1894 to William Slaney Kenyon Slaney colonel in Her Majesty's army and Owen Slaney Wynne esquire. Effects £53700 0s. 7d.