| Authorised form of name | Swanston; Clement Tudway (1783 - 1863); lawyer |
| Dates | 1783 - 1863 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | St Andrew Undershaft, Middlesex, England |
| Date of birth | 1783 |
| Place of death | Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 19 April 1863 |
| Occupation | Lawyer; plantation and slave owner |
| Research field | Art |
| Literature |
| Activity | Career:
Barrister and QC; owner with William Clarke, of Gravenor's estate in Antigua which used enslaved people for labour, ownership was inherited through his family company Swanston & Clarke he does not appear to have been a merchant himself; owned a valuable library which was sold after his death
Memberships:
FSA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/03/1839 |
| Age at election | 55 |
| Relationships | Son of Sherland Swanston (d. 1803) and Frances Hill
Married (1827) Mary Swann Hill |
| PublishedWorks | https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2004017023/ |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Ancestry; UCL LBS
References:
'Clement Tudway Swanston', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/299 [accessed 23rd July 2020] |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/279178680 |
| Code | NA1488 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1839/17 | Swanston, Clement Tudway: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/8/123 | Letter from Clement Swanston, 23 Old Square, Lincolns Inn, to the Royal Society | 27 December 1867 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |