Hans Sloane later called Hans Sloane-Stanley, was a British Member of Parliament

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Sloane was born on 14 November 1739 at South Stoneham, Hampshire

Hampshire

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, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge

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 and the Inner Temple

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. He was the great-nephew of noted physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane

Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS was an Ulster-Scot physician and collector, notable for bequeathing his collection to the British nation which became the foundation of the British Museum...

, Bart., and first cousin of John 'Mad Jack' Fuller

John 'Mad Jack' Fuller

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, who was also a Member of Parliament for Southampton in 1780. Another relative was Hans Stanley

Hans Stanley

Hans Stanley was a British diplomat and statesman.-Peace negotiator:In 1761 Stanley was Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy to France...

, grandson of Sir Hans Sloane, who guided his early career.

Stanley was influential in the Isle of Wight, and found Sloane a parliamentary seat there, having him elected as Member for Newport (Isle of Wight)

Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1768. From 1770 to 1782, he was also Stanley's deputy as Cofferer of the Household

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Sloane was later also MP for Southampton

Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1780 to 1784, Christchurch

Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1788 to 1796 and Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Cornwall

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, from 1796 to 1802, and a junior Lord of Trade from 1780 to 1782 (when he lost office with the fall of Lord North's

Frederick North, Lord North

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 government).

On 24 June 1772, Sloane married Sarah Fuller, the daughter of Stephen Fuller and Elizabeth Noakes. They had five sons and two daughters. On the death of Hans Stanley

Hans Stanley

Hans Stanley was a British diplomat and statesman.-Peace negotiator:In 1761 Stanley was Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy to France...

 in 1780, Sloane had inherited his estate of Paultons near Romsey

Romsey

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, subject to the life interest of Stanley's two sisters, and in recognition of this he adopted the additional surname of Stanley in 1821. He died in 1827. There is a memorial to Sarah in South Stoneham church.