Swinton, John Swinton, Lord, 1723-1799
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Swinton, John Swinton, Lord, -1799
Swinton, John Swinton, Lord, d. 1799
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Swinton, John Swinton, Lord, -1799
Swinton, John Swinton, Lord, d. 1799
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found: His A proposal for uniformity of weights and measures in Scotland, 1779(name not given)
found: Halkett & Laing(John Swinton)
found: DNB(Swinton, John, Lord Swinton, d. 1799)
found: MdU/G-K files(usage: John Swinton, Jun.)
found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, August 24, 2021(Swinton, John, Lord Swinton; born March 5, 1723, died January 5, 1799, Edinburgh; judge; eldest son of advocate John Swinton (died 1774); admitted advocate 1743; appointed sheriff-depute of Perthshire, 1754; elevated to the bench as Lord Swinton, 1782; made lord of judiciary, 1788; author of the pamphlets A free disquisition ... (1765), A proposal for uniformity ... (1779), and Considerations concerning a proposal ... (1789))
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1990-06-05: new
2021-08-25: revised
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