1097 Sir John Swinburne

Constituency  : Lichfield  1885-92

Sir  John  took  Lichfield  , the  first  Liberal  victory  there  since  1868.

Sir  John  had  succeeded  his  grandfather  to  the  baronetcy  in  1860. He  spent  some  time  living  in  the  south  of  Ireland.

Sir  John  called  for  more  government  assistance  for  landowners  wishing  to  improve  their  land. He  also  called  for  military  maps  to  be  made  available  to  the  general  public.

In  1889  Sir  John  sought  to  delay  the  grant  of  a  royal  charter  to  a  gold-mining  company   in  South  Africa where  he  had  a  concession  he  had  never  developed. He  indicated  his  opposition  could  be  bought  off  and  settled  for  £10,000.

Sir  John  stood  for  Newbury  in  1895.

He  died  in  1914  aged  83.