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Hans Sloane was the seventh and last child of Alexander Sloane (died 1666); Alexander died when Hans was six years old. Alexander Sloane was the collection general of taxes for County Down and 1st Earl of Clanbrassil James Hamilton's agent. It's said that Alexander was married to Sarah Hicks (Hans mother), an English woman that moved to Killyleagh as Anne Carey's companion when she married James Hamilton. The Sloane children, including Han, were taken up by the Hamilton family and had much of their early tuition conducted within the Killyleagh Castle library. Out of Alexander's sons, only three aged to adulthood, Hans, William, and James. The graveyards of Henry and John Sloane can be found in Killyleagh's parish courtyard; both brothers died in their childhood. The eldest brother James was elected a Member of Parliament for Roscommon and Killyleagh in 1692. John Sloane later became an M.P of Thetford and a barrister to the inner temple spending most of his time in London.