ST; AXE — SLKFORD. 163 The title, notwithstanding the attainder of 1691, was assumed by the heir male as below. XVIII. 172G. IS. W illiam Fleming, calling himself Baro.v Si.ane [1J, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Thomas Fleming, "f Gillenstown, Uy Anne, d. of John ISabk. of Server, eo. Louth, which Thomas was uncle of the late Lord, and lib and yst. s, of illiam, Karon Slane [I.], who rf. 1641. He filed a bill in 1 728, claiming that title On :il March 1731, he obtained a pension of .£300 a year, being therein styled " William Fleming, com im, i, hi cnll-d Lord Slant," which was confirmed to him or his family in 1760, 17dl, etc. He m. Helen, da. ol Francis Stahoud, of i'ortlegrove, He d. 2b Feb. 1746/7. XIX. 17. ! i7. 19. Christopher Fleming, culling himself Baron Slash [I.], only s. and h. for whose education the pension in 1731 was granted. He hi. Isabel, da. of John Hamilton, of Manor Ellistou, co. Tyrone. He d. s.p, and was bur. Dec. 1771, (") at Bouamurgy, afsd. Will dat. 13 Jane 1771, pr, !> Jan. 1777, in Dublin as that of " Oh) istop/ier Fleming, commonly called Lard Sialic" Since his death the Peerage has remained dormant.^) SLANE. i.e., •'Slane," Viscountey [I.] (Gonyngham), cr. 1816, with the Mar- oUESSATE OK CuSYNGUA.M [I.], which sec. SLATE. See " Macdoxald of Slate, co. Antrim," Barony [I.] (Macdonald), cr. 1776. SLAUGIIAM. See " Saint Leonards of Slaugiiam, co. Sussex," Barony (Sngden), cr. 1852. SLEFORD. See " Hussey he Slefoui)," Baron; {Hussey), a: 1529 or 1534 ; forfeited 1537- (") On 29 June 177ii, the King renewed the £300 a year pension to his three sisters, Sarah, Anne, and Jane. Of these, two d. s.p. but the survivor, Anne, )«. Alexander Macneill, of Ballycastle, co. Antrim, and d. 1798, leaving issue. Her grandson and heir, Capt. Thomas Macneill (A. 1780) was a claimant of the title us the heir general of his great grandfather, w hose right thereto was solely as heir male (j» preference to the heir general) of Christopher, Huron Slane, who d. 170S. ( b ) It seems not unlikely that an heir male, descended from the first Baron, may exist. The claim of James Ellis Fleming, Q.C, as such, was from John Fleming-, brother of Th as and William, Barons Slane, and yr. s. of Christopher, Baron Slane, who ii, 1625. This John was alleged to be father of Doininick Fleming, of Tuam, co. Gahvay, merchant {d. 1738), who was great-grandfather of the claimant. But it can be shewn (according to Mr. Bryan's statement in his claim) that the said John (lied without issue ; as also that the father of the said Dominick was Tkomai Fleming, who rf. 1689, and who was son, grandson and great-grandson of a line of merchants established at Drogheda. M 2
