About John Swynnerton
Lived 1564 – 1616 (aged 51–52). John Swynnerton was an English politician.
Sir John Swynnerton (died 8 December 1616) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1612.
He was born the son of John Swynnerton of Dudleston, Shropshire.
Swynnerton was a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield. He was elected alderman of the City of London for Cripplegate ward on 22 June 1602 and was Sheriff of London from 1602 to 1603. He was knighted on 26 July 1603.
In 1604, he was elected MP for East Grinstead and sat until 1611. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1612. In 1616 he was colonel in the South Regiment Trained Bands.
On his death in 1616 he was buried at St Mary Aldermanbury.
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Lord Mayor of London
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John Swynnerton was born in 1564.
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John Swynnerton died on 8 December 1616.
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