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Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, KCVO, OBE, DL (21 April 1925 – 4 October 2018) was a British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District from 1976 until his retirement in 1979.
Old Kimmerghame house and estate was purchased in 1770 by Captain Archibald Swinton of Manderston, who later sold it in 1803. However his son John Swinton acquired Kimmerghame in 1850 from his aunt Mary Campbell of Blythswood. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s.
Oct 16, 2018 · Died: October 4, 2018. MAJOR General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, who has died aged 93, had a distinguished career in the Scots Guards and then was a well-respected figure in the...
- The Herald Staff
Oct 4, 2018 · Maj.-Gen. Sir John Swinton, 7th of Kimmerghame was born on 21 April 1925. 1 He was the son of Brigadier Alan Henry Campbell Swinton, 6th of Kimmerghame and Mariora Beatrice Evelyn Rochfort Alers-Hankey. 1 He married Judith Balfour Killen, daughter of Harold Killen, on 26 August 1954. 1 He died on 4 October 2018 at age 93. 2.
Oct 11, 2018 · Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, KCVO, OBE. His many friends in Berwickshire and beyond learnt of the death of Major-General Sir John Swinton with great sadness. He died...
About Maj.-Gen. Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, KCVO OBE DL. Maj.-Gen. Sir John Swinton was invested as a Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.). He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.). He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.). He lived at Kimmerghame, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Major General Sir John Swinton died peacefully at his home, Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, on 4th October 2018, aged 93. His immediate forebears had lived there for several generations, but before that the Swintons had been a significant presence in the Borders for centuries.
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