SWANN, WILLIAM [SSNE 4148]
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Sir William Swann (c.1619-1678) was an English, probably Royalist, agent and merchant in north Germany. In 1651 he accompnied the Scottish General Patrick Ruthven [SSNE 3413] to Buxtehude where the old soldier died in or near the house of his relative, Colonel Patrick More [SSNE 1205]. In October 1652, William Swann sent condolences to Sweden on the death of Johan Casimir from Amsterdam. After the Stuart Restoration, he was stationed in Hamburg, becoming resident there in 1662 and master of the English Court (Merchant Adventurers) in 1664. Additionally he had missions to various German states and Hanse towns. He returned to England in the spring/summer of 1675 and died around August 1678 aged 59 years old.
Sources:
Swedish Riksarkiv, Carl Gustaf's Arkiv i Stegeborgssamlingen, October 1652; TNA, SP/81/80, SP/82/10-16, SP/104/56; Hamburg Staatsarchiv, 177/2b 'Diplomatenlisten' I, p.43; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990); F. Rudelius, 'Kalmar Regementes Personhistoria 1623-1927 (2 vols., Norköping, 1952) I, p.21.
British Civil Wars; English Civil War
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, AMSTERDAM
- Arrived 1652-10-01
- Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, HAMBURG
- Arrived 1662-03-25
- Departed 1670-07-19
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, HANOVER
- Arrived 1671-01-01
- Departed 1671-12-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- Arrived 1676-02-01
- Departed 1676-02-28
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, DRESDEN
- Arrived 1678-05-01
- Departed 1678-05-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, BREMEN, HAMBURG, BUXTEHUDE
- Departed 1651-12-31
- Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMATIC