John Swinton (died 1723)
Sir John Swinton of Swinton (of
Swinton, Berwickshire
) sometimes called John Swinton of that Ilk was a Scottish politician.
Biography
He was born before 1662, the second son of
the Restoration
.
The younger Swinton, who remained a
Act of Union of 1707 this means he was one of the several persons who were fully compensated for their losses in return for signing the Union with England.[2] As such he was one of those Parcel of Rogues referred to in the bitter poem by Robert Burns
.
He was knighted before September 1696 and made a
Act of Union 1707, and was one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain and a commissioner of the Equivalent. He did not stand for Berwickshire at the election of 1708, but remained on the Equivalent commission until it was dissolved in 1719. He supported the Hanoverian succession in 1714.[3]
Swinton was married firstly in 1674 to Sarah, daughter of William Welch of London; they had one daughter. His wife died in about 1690, and he was married secondly on 17 February 1698 to Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Longformacus. They had four sons and three daughters. Sir John Swinton died in 1723 and was succeeded by his eldest son John.[3]
References
- ^ "Act for a company trading to Africa and the Indies". www.rps.ac.uk.
- ^ https://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/union1707/documentDownloads/Signatures.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b David Wilkinson, SWINTON, Sir John (bef. 1662-1723), of Swinton, Berwicks. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
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