John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim

Colonel The Right Honourable The Viscount Slim OBE, DL, FRGS
Slim in the Lords chamber, 2017
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 1 April 1971 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 1st Viscount Slim
Succeeded by	Seat abolished [a]
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 12 January 2019
Preceded by	Seat established [a]
Succeeded by	The 4th Baron Ravensdale
Personal details
Born	John Douglas Slim (1927-07-20)20 July 1927 Quetta, British India
Died	12 January 2019(2019-01-12) (aged 91)
Nationality	British
Spouse	Elisabeth Spinney ​ ​ (m. 1958; died 2018)​
Children	Mark, Hugo, Mary Ann
Parent(s)	William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Aileen Robertson
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1944–1972
Rank	Colonel
Commands	22 Special Air Service Regiment
Battles/wars	Second World War Korean War Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Colonel John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim, OBE, DL, FRGS (20 July 1927 – 12 January 2019), was a British peer, soldier and businessman. He was one of the 92 elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. In 1970, he succeeded to his father's title. He sat as a crossbencher.
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