A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (1838)
e of the Welsh judges, but retired from the profession to become underSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He Avas afterwards, from 1807 to 1811, a Lordof the Admiralty; Clerk of the Ordnance from 1811 to 1823 ; and finally Auditor ofthe Civil List, until the abolition of that office in 1831.… … * 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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