Gabriel Sleath

Gabriel Sleath, the son of a Worshipful [Company of Tallow Chandlers|tallow chandler], was a London gold- and silversmith and an outspoken critic of Huguenot goldsmiths' working in England.
Sleath was born and died in Barnet, London. In 1753, he entered into a partnership with Francis Crump, his former apprentice. He signed a petition in 1711 complaining of the competition of "necessitous strangers", and in 1716 against assaying work by foreigners who had not served seven years apprenticeship.
He was buried from St [Vedast Foster Lane].