Henry Swann
Henry Swann (c. November 1763 – 24 April 1824)[1][2] was a British Tory[3] politician. He sat in the House of Commons for three periods between 1803 and 1824.
Swann was elected at a by-election in September 1803 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.[4] However he resigned his seat early in 1804, through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[5]
He returned to the Commons two years later, when he was elected at the 1806 general election for the borough of Penryn in Cornwall.[3][6] He was re-elected in 1807,[7] 1812,[8] and 1818,[9] but his 1818 victory was declared void after an election petition was lodged. The seat remained vacant until the 1820 general election, when he was returned again,[3] holding the seat until his death in 1824.[2]
On Friday, 11 October 1811, Henry Swann officiated at the laying of the first stone for the new Waterloo Bridge over the Thames River in London. The bridge was to be constructed of grey granite which was to be quarried near Penryn, Corwall, Swann's constituency. A bottle of coins from the reign of the current king, George III, was placed inside that first stone.[10]
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
- Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 45–46. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- "No. 15639". The London Gazette. 3 November 1803. p. 1514.
- "No. 15680". The London Gazette. 3 March 1804. p. 278.
- "No. 15976". The London Gazette. 18 November 1806. p. 1506.
- "No. 16040". The London Gazette. 20 June 1807. p. 834.
- "No. 16668". The London Gazette. 14 November 1812. p. 2298.
- "No. 17384". The London Gazette. 1 August 1818. p. 1377.
- Leigh, Samuel (1820). Leigh's New Picture of London. London: Samuel Leigh. p. 270. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Swann
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Col. Charles Macdonnell Jervoise Clarke Jervoise |
Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1803–1804 With: Jervoise Clarke Jervoise |
Succeeded by John Delgarno Jervoise Clarke Jervoise |
| Preceded by Sir Stephen Lushington, Bt Sir John Nicholl |
Member of Parliament for Penryn 1806–1819 With: Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bt 1806 – Feb 1807 John Bettesworth-Trevanion Feb–May 1807 Charles Lemon May 1807–1812 Philip Gell 1812–1818 Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bt from 1818 |
Succeeded by Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bt 2nd seat vacant |
| Preceded by Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bt 2nd seat vacant |
Member of Parliament for Penryn 1820–1824 With: Pascoe Grenfell |
Succeeded by Pascoe Grenfell Robert Stanton |