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.

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.

SWANSTON, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 219b); still 1610 (Chapter Muniments 41289, as Swainston).

SWEATNAM, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1656 (school lists 1656).

Sweet-Escott, Michael William, son of William Whitaker Sweet-Escott, schoolmaster, of Lyme Regis, Dorset, and Olive Grace, d. of Arnold Mitchell FRIBA, of Lyme Regis; b. 29 Sept. 1922; adm. Sept. 1936 (KS); left July 1941; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941, (1st class hons Classical Mods) 1942, BA MA 1948; RAFVR 1943-5 (Flt. Lieut. ); Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., BM 1951; MRCGP 1962; a gen. med. practitioner Skipton, Yorks, sen. partner 1983, retd. from practice 1985; sessional doctor BUPA Bristol 1985-92; m. 10 July 1953 Ragnhild, d. of Johannes Blaesterdalen, Chief of Criminal Police, Oslo, Norway; d. 4 Aug. 2016.

Sweet-Escott, Richard Mark, brother of Michael William Sweet-Escott (qv); b. 25 Apr. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; Hertford Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1951, MA 1952; Westcott House Camb. 1956-8; ord. deacon 1958, priest 1959 (Ripon); Curate Leeds Parish Church 1958-62, St Mary’s Littlehampton, Sussex, 1962-5, St Leonard’s Seaford 1965-72; priest-in­charge Burpham 1972-5; Vicar St Mary’s Eastbourne 1975-79, All Saints’ Crawley Down 1979-93; d. 5 Feb. 2008.

SWENY, JOHN, eldest son of John Sweny (qv); b. 25 Nov 1783; adm.; in school list 1797; KS 1798; played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 31 Jul 1800; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1801, adm. pens. 14 May 1801, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1801; BA 1805; MA 1810; ordained; beneficed in Ireland.

SWENY, JOHN, eldest son of Michael Sweny, St. Michan’s, Dublin, Ireland; b.; adm. 8 Apr 1767; KS (aged 14) 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 – deprived 24 Jun 1775 (no degree); reprimanded for irregularities, insults to Censor and appearing in Latin chapel in a “grotesque habit” 20 Jan 1772; cited to appear before Chapter of Christ Church 24 Mar 1773; adm. Middle Temple 16 Apr 1773, King’s Inns, Dublin 1776; m. 1779 Catherine Alice (IGI), dau. of Henry Cope, Dublin.

SWIFT, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1673.

SWIFT, GEORGE, son of Arthur Swift, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1721; left 1724; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Nov 1724, aged 18; BA 1728; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Feb 1729/30; d. 21 Apr 1732, as a result of a fall from a chariot.