Sir Henry Slingsby, 5th Baronet (c. 1693 – 1763) of Scriven was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 41 years between 1714 and 1763.
[2] Slingsby was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Knaresborough on his family's interest at a by-election on 17 May 1714.
He was returned unopposed at the general elections o 1727, 1734 and 1741 and voted regularly with the Opposition.
Although he was not appointed, he was one of the few people who were given military details of the proposed French landing.
All that remains are the former stables and a coach house built in 1682 which were converted to residential use in about 1965 and form a Grade II listed building.