The Slade Baronetcy, of
Maunsel House
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in the
County of Somerset, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...
. It was created on 30 September 1831 for
General
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In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
Sir John Slade, a
Peninsular War
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veteran. The second Baronet was a lawyer. The third Baronet served as Receiver-General of
Inland Revenue
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.
Slade baronets, of Maunsel Grange, Somerset (1831)
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Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet (1762–1859)
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Sir Frederic William Slade, 2nd Baronet (1801–1863)
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Sir Alfred Frederic Adolphus Slade, 3rd Baronet (1834–1890)
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Sir Cuthbert Slade, 4th Baronet (1863–1908)
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Sir Alfred Fothringham Slade, 5th Baronet (1898–1960)
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Sir Michael Nial Slade, 6th Baronet (1900–1962)
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Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet, Sir (Julian) Benjamin Anthony Slade, 7th Baronet (born 1946)
As of there is no heir to the title.
Extended family
Madeleine Slade (
Mirabehn
Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with Mahatma Gandhi. She devoted h ...
), a disciple of
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...
, was the granddaughter of the 1st Baronet.
References
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Slade
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