Sir Guylford Slingsby was an administrator who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

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Career

Slingsby was appointed Comptroller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

 following the death of Sir Henry Palmer

Henry Palmer (Royal Navy officer)

-Life:His family was from Tottington by Aylesford. He is first mentioned as commanding a squadron of the queen's ships on the coast of Flanders in 1576. From that time he was constantly employed in the queen's service. In 1580 and following years he was a commissioner for the repair and maintenance...

 in 1611. The position of Comptroller was placed in the hands of a commission from 1618 to 1628 when Slingsby resumed control. He held the post until his death in 1631.

He lived at Bifrons in Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

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Family

He married Margaret Walter of York; they had five sons (including Guildford Slingsby

Guildford Slingsby

-Career:Born the eldest son of Sir Guylford Sligsby and educated at the University of St Andrews, Slingsby was elected Member of Parliament for Carysfort in the Irish parliament in 1634. He later became lieutenant of the ordnance office and vice-admiral of Munster...

MP) and four daughters.