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.
SWABEY, HENRY BIRCHFIELD, son of Maurice Swabey (adm. 1766, qv), and his first wife; b. 11 Apr 1786; adm. 1797; in school lists 1801, 1803; Proctor, Court of Arches, adm. 1810; Deputy Registrar, High Court of Admiralty Dec 1810-40, Registrar 7 Aug 1840-53; m. 1st, 12 May 1836 Catherine, widow of Robert James Cattley, Wandsworth Common, Surrey, and dau. of John Prescott, St. Petersburg, Russia; m. 2nd, 18 Jan 1853 Charlotte, dau. of Sir Robert Baker, Kt, Chief Magistrate, Bow Street; d. 30 Jul 1864.
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SUTTON, WILLIAM; b.; at school 1657 (Busby’s Account Book). Delete, apparently a guarantor for Thomas James (qv)]
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, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 8) Sep 1736; left 1740.