A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry ; or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours (1837)
Burke, John, 1787-1848 · London : Colburn · leaf 97
, one of the Welsh judges, but retired from theprofession to become Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, He was afterwards,from 1807 to 1811, a Lord of the Admiralty; Clerk of the Ordnance from 1811 to1823 ; and finally Auditor of the Civil List, until the abolition of that olfice in… … * The eminent house of Swinburne is amongst the most ancient in the kingdom deriving from theflower of the nobility of Europe, and bearing no less than eighty-six quarterings in its shield. Itenumerates as lineal progenitors, the early kings of France, many emperors, dukes of Normandy,…
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