Swanston is an
English-language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...
surname derived from
Swanston in Scotland, or similar
toponym. Notable people with this surname include:
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Charles Swanston
Charles Swanston (11 December 1789 – 5 September 1850) was a British merchant, banker, and politician, and a financial backer of the Port Phillip Association.
Early life and education
Charles Swanston was born in Mordington, Berwickshir ...
(1789-1850), English merchant, banker, and politician
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Eliard Swanston
Eliard Swanston (died 1651), alternatively spelled Heliard, Hilliard, Elyard, Ellyardt, Ellyaerdt, and Eyloerdt, was an English actor in the Caroline era. He became a leading man in the King's Men, the company of William Shakespeare and Richard B ...
(died 1651), English actor
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George Heriot Swanston (1814-?), Scottish map engraver
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Hamish Swanston (1933–2013), British theologian and historian
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James Beck Swanston (1878-1957), Canadian farmer, surgeon, and politician
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J. W. Swanston
J. W. Swanston was a Newcastle printer, and publisher of many Chapbooks. The premises were in St Andrews Street, off Gallowgate, and is now quite near St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United F.C., although this ground was not built unti ...
, 19th-century English printer
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English-language surnames
Surnames of Scottish origin