Sir John Swinburne, 7th Baronet
British politician (1831–1914)
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Sir John Swinburne, 7th Baronet (1831 – 15 July 1914) was a British Baronet and Liberal politician.
Sir John Swinburne | |
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| Member of Parliament for Lichfield | |
| In office 1885–1892 | |
| Preceded by | Theophilus John Levett |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Darwin |
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| Born | 1831 |
| Died | 1914 (aged 82–83) |
| Party | Liberal |
Life
The third son of Edward Swinburne and his wife Anna Antonia Sutton, a granddaughter of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet, he succeeded his grandfather Sir John Edward Swinburne, 6th Baronet in 1860.[1][2]
Swinburne was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1866 and the Member of Parliament for Lichfield, Staffordshire, between 1885 and 1892. In the 1895 general election he stood as the parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Party in Newbury, but was not elected.
His daughter, Rahmeh Theodora Swinburne, married General Percy Radcliffe.[3]
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See also
References
- The Swinburn Family of Capheaton in Northumberland at www.geocities.com
