Francis Slingsby
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Sir Francis Slingsby (1569–1651) was an English-born soldier who settled in Ireland following service as an officer during the Nine Years' War. Slingsby married the daughter of Hugh Cuffe, an early settler in the Munster Plantation who held estates in northern County Cork.[1] Slingsby acquired lands at through his marriage, and his family were established as prominent figures in Munster.
He sat as MP for Bandonbridge in the Parliament of Ireland from 1639 to 1645.[2]
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- MacCarthy-Morrogh, Michael. The Munster Plantation: English Migration to Southern Ireland, 1583-1641. Clarendon Press, 1986.
- Murphy, Noel. Francis Slingsby: Elizabethan Adventurer 1569 – 1651. Family Histories at Limerick City Library.
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- 1569 births
- 1651 deaths
- People of Elizabethan Ireland
- Military personnel of the Nine Years' War
- English soldiers
- English emigrants to Ireland
- Irish knights
- Irish MPs 1639–1649
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies
- English military personnel stubs