CAPTAIN SAMUEL SWINTON RN

Born - Died in 1799

 

 

 

He married Felicite Jeanne Le Febure, daughter of an officer in the French Guard of Louis XVI, who was killed on the steps of the Palace of Versailles in 1789. The marriage took place in 1775-1776 in France. He married her again in England, as Protestants at that time had no civil rights in France. As he was a domiciled Scotsman this would legitimize any children born before the second marriage. She died in London in 1823 and is said to be buried in St John's Wood parish church. Samuel died in about 1799. According to Eliza the Marquis D'Hauseville was the head of the Le Febure family. The title and the estates were swept away in the French revolution.Felicite Le Febure

 

They had at least one child, Colonel Richard Swinton.

Sources:

Eliza Jacob's notebook, 1916.
Letter from Mrs Callander (nee Swinton).

 

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