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SLADE, MARCUS JOHN, brother of John Henry Slade (qv); b. 22 Jan 1801; adm. 25 May 1812; left 12 Mar 1817; Ensign, 50th Foot 15 Jul 1819; Lieut., unattached 12 May 1825; Rifle Brigade 26 May 1825; Capt., unattached 22 Apr 1826; 90th Foot 20 Dec 1826; Maj., 27 Sep 1831; Lieut. -Col., unattached 7 Feb 1840; Col., 11 Nov 1851; half-pay 1 Oct 1854; Major-Gen., 26 Aug 1858; Col., 50th Foot, from 12 Nov 1862; Lieut. -Gen., 6 Feb 1865; Lieut. -Gov., Guernsey 1 Apr 1859 – 1 Apr 1864; served in Kaffir War 1846-7; m. 7 Apr 1842 Charlotte, dau. of Hon. Andrew Ramsay; d. 7 Mar 1872.

SLADE, JOHN HENRY, eldest son of Gen. Sir John Slade, Bart., GCH, and his first wife Anna Eliza, dau. of James Dawson, Fork Hill, co. Armagh, Ireland; b. 8 Jul 1796; adm. Mich. 1809; left 1812; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 7 May 1812; Lieut., 25 Feb 1813; half-pay 1814; 12th Light Dragoons (subsequently Lancers) 16 Apr 1815; Capt., 2nd Ceylon Regt., 24 Oct 1821; half-pay 24 Jun 1822; 19th Foot 10 Aug 1826; Maj., unattached and half-pay 5 Jun 1827; 1st Dragoon Guards 7 Dec 1838; half-pay 11 Jun 1841; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1841; served in Peninsular War and at battle of Waterloo; m. 1 Feb 1837 Fanny, only child of Henry Chapman McVeagh, Drewston, co. Meath, Ireland; d. 30 Aug 1843.

Slade, Grace Annabella; Daughter of Richard Slade (adm.1721/2, qv) ; b. c.1769 ; d. unm. 13 Oct 1856.
To commemorate the education of her father Richard Slade and of her brothers Richard Slade and Samuel Slade at the School, she gave £1000 to fund an exhibition at Christ Church, Oxford, preference to be given, in the case of an equality of merit among the candidates, to a person educated at Westminster School. In addition, she gave, on 30 Mar 1846 £1000 to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the interest on which was to be laid out in the purchase of books for prizes. By an order of the Chapter dated 21 Apr 1856, £10 of the income was to be applied to the purchase of prizes for a Latin essay or of Greek verses on a set subject, and the balance in the purchase of prizes to be given at the annual examinations.

SLADE, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART., brother of John Henry Slade (qv); b. 22 Jan 1801; adm. 25 May 1812; left Bartholomewtide 1818; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Apr 1820; BA 1824; MA 1857; adm. Middle Temple 8 May 1820, called to bar 25 Jun 1830, Bencher 1852; Western Circuit; QC 11 Jul 1851; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Aug 1859; DL JP Somerset; m. 23 Dec 1833 Barbara Maria, formerly wife of Carl, Baron von Krober, dau. of Charles Browne Mostyn, Kidlington Hall, Oxfordshire, and sister of George, 6th Baron Vaux of Harrowden; d. 8 Aug 1863.

SLADE, EDWARD, son of Richard Slade (adm. 1721/2, qv); bapt. 11 Jun 1776; adm. 15 Sep 1784; left 1786.

SLADE, CHARLES GEORGE, brother of John Henry Slade (qv); b.; adm. 27 Sep 1811; left 1814; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 25 Apr 1816; Lieut., 23 May 1822; Capt., 22 Oct 1825; Maj., 1 Jul 1837; d. on passage home from India 10 Feb 1839, aged 40.

SLADE, CHARLES GEORGE, brother of Sir Alfred Frederick Adolphus Slade, Bart. (qv); b. 16 Jul 1837; adm. 28 Jun 1850 (G); left 1854; Ensign, Rifle Brigade 18 Feb 1855; Lieut., 6 Jul 1855; Capt., 8 Oct 1861; Maj., 1 Sep 1878; Lieut. -Col., 1 Jul 1881; Col., 1 Jul 1885; Commandant, School of Musketry, Hythe 1890; retd. 17 Jul 1894; served in Ashanti War 1873-4; d. 6 Sep 1897.

SLADE, ALFRED ROBERT, brother of John Henry Slade (qv); b. 13 Oct 1807; adm. 9 Feb 1817 (Packharness'); left 24 Jul 1818; d. unm. 20 Dec 1829.

SLADE, SIR ALFRED FREDERICK ADOLPHUS, BART., eldest son of Sir Frederick William Slade, Bart. (qv); b. 28 May 1834; adm. 25 Jun 1846 (G); QS 1849; cut “A. Slade” in huge letters on the Dryden form, and is said to have got 500 lines for each letter (Elizabethan vi, 190); left 1853; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 May 1853, matr. Mich. 1853; Ensign, 57th Foot 15 Sep 1854; Lieut., 9 Feb 1855; Capt., 23 Aug 1859; 100th Foot 17 Apr 1860; retd. 9 Jun 1865; served in Crimean War, wounded in attack on the Redan 18 Jun 1855, and in Indian Mutiny; succ. father as 3rd baronet 8 Aug 1863; adm. Middle Temple 9 Nov 1866; Receiver-Gen., Inland Revenue, from 1875; one of founders of Primrose League 1883; m. 6 Sep 1860 Mary Constance, second dau. of William Cuthbert, Beaufront Castle, Northumberland; d. 19 Jul 1890.

Slack, John Braithwaite, son of Sidney Howard Slack, Midland Bank official, and Rosemary Anne, d. of William Braithwaite of Paignton, Devon; b. 10 Dec. 1922; adm. Apr. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1939; Mercantile Bank of India 1940-52; RNVR 1941-6 (Lieut.); Levin & Co., Blenheim, NZ, 1952-5; in business Midhurst, Sussex, 1955-66; American Express Co., Haywards Heath and Brighton, 1966-85; retd 1985; m. 1st 20 Mar. 1948 Maureen Isobel, d. of Thomas Alexan­der Burns, civil engineer, of Ceylon; 2nd 16 Mar. 1985 Sheila Claire Lee, d. of Aldwin Anthony de Ryck of Georgetown, Brit. Guiana; d. 1 Aug 2009.