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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.

SWAN, ALDRICH, eldest son of Rev. John Swan, Rector of Denton, Kent, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Simon Aldrich, Slaugham, Sussex; bapt. 10 Oct 1643; in school list 1656 (Chapter Muniments 43060); Min. Can. (aged 14) 1658; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Apr 1662, matr. 1662; BA 1665/6; MA 1669; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 2 Jun 1667; Rector of Kington Magna, Dorset, from 25 May 1669; Minister, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, from 1680 (and Principal Officer, Royal Peculiar of Wimborne from 1686); Rector of Langton Long, Dorset, from 1712; m. 1st, 15 Nov 1669 Sarah, dau. of John Fry, Canterbury, Kent; m. 2nd, Anne, widow of Edward Phelips, and dau. of William Russell; buried Kingston Magna 7 Dec 1714.

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).

SWAIN, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716.

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, elder son of Samuel Swabey, and Mary, only dau. of Maurice Birchfield, Langley Marish, Bucks., Usher of Black Rod (I); b. 29 Nov 1752; adm. 17 Jun 1766; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Jul 1778; BA and MA 1786; DCL 3 Nov 1789; adm. proctor, Court of Arches 1777; advocate, Court of Arches 1789; Chancellor, Diocese of Rochester; Commissary, Essex, Hertfordshire and Westminster; a Commissioner to execute the Treaty with the USA 1 Nov 1790; m. 1st, 4 Sep 1783 Catherine, dau. of Robert Bird, Barton on the Heath, Warwicks.; m. 2nd, 21 Jul 1804 Elizabeth, widow of Daniel Webb, Maidstown, co. Limerick, and dau. of Edward Creed, Cork; d. 10 Feb 1826.

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.