Major
William
Bentinck
Swinton
Born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of George Swinton
and Anne Elizabeth Swinton
Brother of
Archibald Adam Swinton
Husband of
Elizabeth Cadell
— married
28 Oct 1858 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 40
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Oct 2020
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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
- 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.
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