Gabriel Sleath (1674 - c24 March 1756), the son of a 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 was buried from St Vedast Foster Lane.