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George Swinton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland
Death: June 17, 1854 (73)
Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Edinburgh, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Lord John Swinton of that Ilk and Margaret Nicholson Mitchelson
Husband of Anne Elizabeth Swinton
Father of Archibald Adam Swinton; George Keith Swinton; Harriet Mary Eliza Tulloh; Alan Swinton; James Samuel Swinton and 3 others
Brother of Archibald Swinton, WS; Elizabeth Swinton and Colonel William Swinton, H.E.I.C.S.

Managed by: Hugo Eustace Arthur Russell
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About George Swinton

Biographical Summary

Swinton, George. 05/11/1780-17/06/1854. Ref: 1471. Male.

  • Place of Death: Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh.
  • Place of interment: Dean Cemy. Edinburgh.
  • Profession: Administrator.
  • Appointments Held: Secretary to the Government, Calcutta, India.
  • Marital Status: married (1820) Anne Elizabeth Swinton, later Mrs Swinton of Swinton.
  • Mother: Margaret Mitchelson of Middleton.
  • Father: 5th. Son of John Swinton (Lord Swinton) of that Ilk d 1799.
  • References: R. Desmond " British and Irish Botanists", 1994, 668.
  • Memberships: Highland Society(1834).
  • Date of Election: 07/05/1827.
  • Proposers: Sir David Brewster, 19/3/1827, (ms Proposal, NLS Acc. 10,000/43).
  • Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 908

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George Swinton's Timeline

1780
November 5, 1780
Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland
1820
August 19, 1820
1827
1827
1830
October 21, 1830
Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
1854
June 17, 1854
Age 73
Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1888
1888
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