William Bentinck Swinton (1835 - 1876)

Born 20 Sep 1835 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

William Swinton was part of the history of the British Honourable East India Company

Major William Bentinck Swinton was born in 1835, the son of George Swinton and Anne Elizabeth Swinton.^[1]

He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy (1863-66).^[2]

He joined the Madras Light Cavalry as a cornet in 1856 and was promoted to lieutenant in the same year.

He married Elizabeth Cadell, daughter of Robert Cadell and Anne Fletcher Mylne, on 28 October 1858 in Madras, India.^[3] They had six children:

Emily Harriet

Annie Beatrice

Katharine Maud

Mary Edith

George Sholto, b. 1862

Robert Bruce, b. 1864

He was promoted to captain in 1862 and major in 1873.

He died on 4 June 1876 at Secunderabad, killed by a fall from his horse on parade.

Research Notes

His record in the Edinburgh Academy Register reads as follows:
SWINTON, William Bentinck, 1845-6. Cl. 1. b. 20 Sept. 1836; s. of George Swinton of Swinton, 4 Atholl Crescent, fmly. Chief Sec. H.E.I.C. at Calcutta.
Maj. M. Cav. ; Cornet, 1856 ; Lt. 1856 ; Capt. 1862 ; Maj. 1873 ; m. 1858 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Cadell of Ratho ; d. 4 June 1876 at Secunderabad (killed by a fall from his horse on parade).

Sources

1. ↑ thepeerage.com
2. ↑ The Edinburgh Academy Register: Page 146.
3. ↑ India Marriages

• thepeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/p59017.htm#i590168)
• The Edinburgh Academical Club. The Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, Edinburgh: T & A Constable, 1914.
• "India Marriages, 1792-1948 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGVW-1LC : 5 February 2020), William Bentinck Swinton, 1858.

see also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 March 2020, 13:46), entry for William Bentinck Swinton(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9QL1-P3K); contributed by various users.