See also
| Husband: | Robert Aglionby Slaney (1791-1862) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth Muccleston ( - ) | |
| Marriage | 7 Feb 1812 | Hatton Grange, Shropshire |
| Name: | Robert Aglionby Slaney | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Robert Slaney (1764-1834) | |
| Mother: | Mary Mason (c. 1770-1836) | |
| Birth | 9 Jun 1791 | Shifnal, Shropshire |
| Death | 19 May 1862 (age 70) | 5 Bolton Row, Piccadilly, London |
| Name: | Elizabeth Muccleston | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
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]
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.