Roger Mynors Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen, (14 December 1938 – 5 June 2022) was a British politician and philanthropist, who was one of the ninety two

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s elected to remain in the

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following the passing of the

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. He sat as a

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Early life and education

Swinfen was born in 1938, the elder son of Charles Swinfen Eady, second Baron Swinfen and his novelist wife Mary Wesley. His parents divorced in 1945. He was educated at

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and at the

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, after which he received a

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before leaving the

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in the rank of

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Later life

A philanthropist, he was the Founding Trustee of the Swinfen Charitable Trust and was

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of the

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from 2009 until 2013. Swinfen was President of the South East Region British Sports Association for the Disabled and between 1983 and 1997, he served as a

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of the Direct Mail Services Standards Board. In 1988, he became Patron of the

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, in 1996, Patron of Labrador Rescue South East, in 2002, Patron of World Orthopaedic Concern, and of the Kunde Foundation in 2007. Swinfen was a Liveryman of the

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as well as a

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House of Lords

Swinfen became the third Baron Swinfen on the death of his father in 1977. As a

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, he was a member on various UK Parliamentary Committees.

Marriage and children

Swinfen married Patricia Anne Blackmore on 24 October 1962. They had four children: *

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Georgina Mary Rose Swinfen Eady (born 1 February 1964) * Hon Katherine Anne Dorothy Swinfen Eady (born 18 May 1966) * Hon Arabella Victoria Eleanor Swinfen Eady (born 10 March 1969) * Charles Roger Peregrine Swinfen Eady, 4th Baron Swinfen (born 8 March 1971)

Death

Swinfen died on 5 June 2022, at the age of 83. He was succeeded in the barony by his only son, Charles.

Honours and fellowships

UK Baron ('' suc.'' 1977) * Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon

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(2016, for "services to international telemedicine and for his work with the Swinfen Charitable Trust") ** Justice of the Peace (JP) for

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(1983) *

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, Industry and Parliament Trust (FIPT) (1983) *

, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) (1998) ** ARICS (1970) * Hon. Research Fellow, Centre for Online Health (COH), UQ (2001)

Selected published works

*''An Evaluation of the First Year's Experience with a Low-cost Telemedicine Link in Bangladesh'' (2001) *''Store-and-Forward Teleneurology in Developing Countries'' (2001) *''Experience with a Low-cost Telemedicine System in Three Developing Countries'' (2001)

Arms

References

External links

Parliamentary profile

''Debrett's People of Today''
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www.swinfencharitabletrust.org

''Swinfen Charitable Trust Newsletter''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swinfen, 3rd Baron 1938 births 2022 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act People educated at Westminster School, London Royal Scots officers Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Members of the Order of the British Empire