Lanty Slee

Lancelot 'Lanty' Slee (1800 /1802 –1878) was a Lake District farmer, quarryman and notorious smuggler. The name 'Lanty' is a diminutive for Lancelot used in the Lake District.

Life Slee, a 'stiff, fresh faced man of great endurance', was of Irish descent He is variously reported to have been a farmer

One of his many stills and stores throughout Langdale and the surrounding area was in a cave in Moss Rigg quarry in Little Langdale; the cave is now walled up. 'Lanty's Cave', his largest still, was in a field at Arnside. before subsequently moving to Low Arnside. Another son named Adam lived to be more than 100. but subsequently Slee moved back to Little Langdale and set up new stills. They produce a range of distilled drinks inspired by Slee, saying "We discovered his ingredients from 1841 court records and ... using historic production methods we have reimagined his Moonshine Vodka ... It is from this very valley that we source our water and botanicals, just as Lanty did ...". and they operate two bars named "Lanty Slee" in Elterwater village and in the National Trust-owned Sticklebarn in Great Langdale.