Family and Education
b. bef. 1662, 2nd s. of John Swinton, MP [S], of Swinton, by his 1st w. Margaret, da. of William Stewart, 2nd Lord Blantyre [S]. m. (1) 1674, Sarah (d. c.1690), da. of William Welch of London, 1da.; (2) 17 Feb. 1698, Anne, da. of Sir Robert Sinclair, 1st Bt., of Longformacus, Berwicks., 4s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. bro. 1687 and to forfeited estates 1690; Kntd. by Sept. 1696. Hist. Scot. Parl. 688–90; Scot. Rec. Soc. xxvii. 671; A. C. Swinton, Swintons of that Ilk, 77–78.
Offices Held
MP [S], Berwickshire 1690–1707.
Dir. Co. of Scotland, 1695, Bank of Scotland 1695.
Commr. Equivalent [S] 1707–19.
Burgess, Edinburgh 1707.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Swinton, Berwicks.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
SWINTON, Sir John (bef. 1662-1723)
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Oxford 1644
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