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  1. Initially, Swinton allied himself with the Scottish Court party, but his losses in the Darien scheme made him sympathetic to the Country party agenda: he was a founding director of the Africa Company, personally investing £2,000. He subscribed to the demand for a meeting of Parliament in 1700, but subsequently accepted the Court’s compromise ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_SwintonJohn Swinton - Wikipedia

    John Swinton may refer to: Sir John Swinton, 14th of that Ilk, Scottish soldier and mercenary leader. Sir John Swinton, 15th of that Ilk. John Swinton (died 1679), Scottish figure of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and Interregnum. Sir John Swinton (died 1723), his son, Scottish politician. John Swinton (1703–1777), British writer, academic ...

  3. Brief Life History of John. When Sir John Swinton 18th of that Ilk was born in 1502, in Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland, his father, Sir John Swinton 17th, was 24 and his mother, Catherine Lauder, was 42. He married Margaret Hume of Wedderburn in 1523, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters.

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    • Margaret Hume of Wedderburn
  4. Brief Life History of John. When Sir John Swinton was born on 13 December 1648, in Elie, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir John Swinton, was 28 and his mother, Margaret Stewart, was 33. He married Sarah Welch in 1674. He died in 1724, in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.

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    • Annie Sinclair, Sarah Welch
  5. Dec 19, 2022 · Birthplace: (Living c 1460) Death: circa 1520. Immediate Family: Son of Sir John Swinton, 16th of that Ilk and Name Not Known. Husband of Catherine Lauder. Ex-husband of Elizabeth Cunningham. Father of Sir John Swinton, 18th of that Ilk; Nicholas Swinton; David Swinton; Alexander Swinton; Thomas Swinton and 2 others; Margaret Swinton and Agnes ...

  6. Sir John Swinton of Swinton (of Swinton, Berwickshire) sometimes called John Swinton of that Ilk was a Scottish politician. Biography [ edit ] He was born before 1662, the second son of John Swinton , of Swinton in Berwickshire , and his wife Margaret, daughter of William Stewart, 2nd Lord Blantyre .

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  8. Aug 15, 2022 · Sir John Swinton, 25th of that Ilk was the son of Sir John Swinton, 23rd of that Ilk and Lady Margaret Stewart. 1 He married, firstly, Sarah Welch, daughter of William Welch. 2 He married, secondly, Anne Sinclair, daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 1st Bt. and Margaret Alexander, in 1698. 2 He died in 1723. 1