Early Life
Born the son of James Kirkwood Slater OBE and Margaret Claire Byrom Slater (née Bramwell), Slater was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, Sedbergh School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Slater is a great nephew of Admiral of the Fleet The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope who served as First Sea Lord during the Second World War.
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