Swann, Donald Ibrahim, son of Herbert William Swann MB, of St Petersburg and London, and Naguime-Sultan, d. of Mohammed Piszoff of Askhabad, Transcaspia; b. 30 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (KS); left July 1941; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941, BA MA 1948; Friends Ambulance 1942-5 (Middle East), UNRRA Greece 1945-6; a composer, pianist and entertainer; with Michael Flanders (qv) devised and performed a two-man farrago of songs and satirical sketches called At the Drop of a Hat, followed by its sequel At the Drop of Another Hat; in later years has com­posed lyrical songs, song cycles, cantatas, operas, carols and ballads; m. 7 Aug. 1955 Janet Mary, d. of Eric Oxborrow of Ipswich; d. 23 Mar. 1994.

SWALE, JOHN LAMBERT, son of Rev. Hogarth John Swale, Ingfield Hall, Settle, Yorks., Chaplain to British Embassy, Paris, and (his first wife ?) Mary ---; b. 15 May 1844; adm. Jun 1854 (G); left Dec 1861; Cornet, 4th Hussars 23 Jun 1863; Lieut., 14 Sep 1867; Capt., 14 Jul 1869; 7th Hussars 3 Sep 1870; m. 25 Jan 1869 Blanche Graham Crowfoot, dau. of Major-Gen. Francis Elliot Voyle, Bengal Staff Corps (previously EICS Bengal), Tenby, Pembrokeshire; alive at Tenby 1 Feb 1876 (The Times 22 Feb 1877, 1 : he was not seen again after saying that he would go for a swim).

SWABEY, WILLIAM, son of Maurice Swabey (adm. 1766, qv), and his first wife; b. 13 Jun 1789; in school list 1801; KS 1803; left 1804; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 19 Jun 1804; 2nd Lieut. , 1 Jul 1806; Lieut. , 13 Aug 1807; 2nd Capt. , 15 Nov 1824; retired on half-pay 28 Mar 1825; served in expedition to Copenhagen, in Peninsular War (wounded at battle of Vittoria 21 Jun 1813), and at battle of Waterloo; emigrated to Prince Edward Island, Canada 1840, where he farmed at Charlottetown Royalty; member, Legislative Council, Prince Edward Island 1841-2, 1844-61, Executive Council 1851-9; Registrar of Deeds 3 Jun 1851; Commissioner for Public Lands; Adjutant-Gen. of Militia; returned to England 1861; JP Buckinghamshire; m. 4 Aug 1820 Mary Anne, dau. of Edward Hobson, Hope Hall, Lancs. ; d. 6 Feb 1872. See Canadian Dictionary of Biography.

SWABEY, STEPHEN, son of Maurice Swabey (KS 1799, qv); b. 21 Dec 1824; adm. 24 Sep 1838 (G); QS 1839; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; settled in Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. 7 Jul 1853 his cousin Katherine Margaret, dau. of William Swabey (KS 1803, qv); d. at Picton, Nova Scotia, Canada 4 Nov 1873.

SWABEY, MAURICE, eldest son of Maurice Swabey (adm. 1766, qv), and his first wife; b. 13 Apr 1785; adm. ; at school 1797; KS 1799; left Oct 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1803; BA 1807; MA 1810; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1807, called to bar 22 Nov 1810; Norfolk Circuit; Police Magistrate, Worship Street, Finsbury 1819-30; DL JP Buckinghamshire, JP Middlesex and Surrey; author, A Letter on the Present State of Westminster School, 1846, in which he recommended that the School should be removed and incorporated with Harrow; m. 6 Apr 1820 Frances, only dau. of Charles Clowes, Delaford, Bucks. ; d. 9 Jun 1864.

SWABEY, MAURICE CHARLES MERTTINS, eldest son of Maurice Swabey (KS 1799, qv); b. 11 Aug 1821; adm. 3 Jul 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1835; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1839, matr. 15 May 1839, Westminster Student, subsequently Faculty Student; BA 1843; BCL 1846; DCL 1850; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Apr 1845, called to bar 3 May 1848, Bencher May 1880; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 12 Nov 1850; Chancellor, Diocese of Oxford, from Feb 1868, Diocese of Ripon from Dec 1875; JP Buckinghamshire; joint author, Swabey and Tristram’s Reports, 1858; m. 26 Mar 1856 Mary Katherine, eldest dau. of John Haggard (adm. 1810, qv); d. 1 Nov 1883.

SUTTON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Sutton, Kensington, Middlesex, Commissioner of Hackney Coaches; b.; adm.; QS 1705; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 9 Jun 1710, aged 19, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1710 – void 1723; BA 1714; MA 1717; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 14 Jun 1719, chambers there from 3 Jul 1720, invited to Bench 8 Feb 1745/6; Commissioner of Hackney Coaches 23 Feb 1725/6 – 17 Dec 1741; Commissioner of Salt Duties 27 Jun 1741 – 13 Jan 1756; d. 3 Feb 1759.

SUTTON, ROBERT; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1742 (Morel's); left 1746.

SUTTON, ROBERT WILLIAM EVELYN, son of Robert Sutton, Scofton, Notts., and Anne, dau. of C. Throckmorton; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1738 (Preston's); left 1742; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Dec 1743, aged 18, but never matr.; perhaps Grand Tour (Italy) 1753-4; succeeded father at Scofton 1775. [Supplement records him as marrying 24 Jun 1793 Mary, dau. of Henry Verelst, Aston Hall, Yorks., Governor of Bengal, but is this correct (he was 67 in 1793) ?]

SUTTON, SIR RICHARD, BART., brother of John Sutton (adm. 1740/1, qv); b. 31 Jul 1733; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Morel's); the friend of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv), with whom he read through the Iliad and the Odyssey when at school (Southey, Cowper, i, 106); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens, 25 Jan 1749/50, scholar 11 may 1750, readm. as fellow commoner 11 Nov 1751, matr. 1750; MA 1753; when he went up to Trinity Coll. Warburton introduced him by letter to Hurd as “a perfect boy, in the simplicity of his manners, but of surprizing acquirements. Besides his knowledge of the ancient languages he speaks and writes Spanish and French with great exactness, understands Italian, and is now learning High Dutch” (Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, v, 542, note); probably Grand Tour (at Capua with brother John in 1753 ?); adm. Middle Temple 21 Aug 1754; migr. to Inner Temple 9 Feb 1759, called to bar 29 Jun 1759, sold chambers there 12 Jun 1782; Counsel to Board of Ordnance; Under-Secretary of State Aug 1766 – Sep 1772; a Commissioner of the Privy Seal Feb – Mar 1768; MP St. Albans 1768-80, Sandwich 1780-4, Boroughbridge 1784-96; succeeded brother to Norwood Park estate, Notts., 1772; created baronet 14 Oct 1772; a Lord of the Treasury 6 Sep 1780 – Mar 1782; m. 1st, 28 Jun 1765 Susanna, eldest dau. of Philip Champion de Crespigny, Proctor, Court of Arches; m. 2nd, 7 Feb 1767 Anne, dau. of William Peers Williams, Cadhay, Devon; m. 3rd, 8 Apr 1793 Margaret, dau. of John Porter, Wandsworth, Surrey; d. 10 Jan 1802.