A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
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 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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