▶Date of birth:  26 January 1787        Place of birth: Liverpool, Lancashire

▶Father:  Robert Slinger     Mother: Sarah Houlston

▶Spouse(s):  Grace Caroline, second daughter of the Revd. William Greenwood   Date(s) of marriage:  16 December 1815     Place(s) of marriage: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire

▶Occupation: Clergyman

▶Lifestory: Matthew Slinger went to school in Kirkby-Lonsdale, and matriculated at Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1808, BA 1812. He entered holy orders, and was ordained Priest (Salisbury) in 1813 but was not beneficed (and does not appear in the Clergy List for 1841 or later), though in 1812 he was appointed Curate of West Dean with East Grimstead, Hampshire. He was described as of Buckden, Yorkshire. The Revd. Slinger lived at 1 Blenheim Parade (now 3 Evesham Road), Pittville from about 1850 until his death there, aged eighty-eight, in 1875. His wealth at death was sworn at under £5,000, and his widow died the following year, at Bournemouth.

▶Moved to Pittville from:        Moved from Pittville to: (deceased)

▶Date of death:  10 March 1875      Place of death: Cheltenham

▶Date of burial:  16 March 1875       Place of burial: Cheltenham

▶Notes:        ID: 2737

Contributor(s):  John Simpson

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Found 7 family members on the Pittville History Works Database (based on “relation to head” in the 1841-1911 census records and 1939 register records)

Matthew Slinger, Grace Caroline Slinger, Henrietta Mary Slinger, Catherine Anne Slinger, Caroline Isabella Slinger, Isabella Greenwood, Alice G. Greenwood