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John Swinton of Kimmerghame. 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. He was the father of actress Tilda Swinton .
- 1944–79
- British Army
Oct 16, 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 Borders, serving as a hard-working ...
- The Herald Staff
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. Sir John 7th Lord of Kimmerghame served with the military in Germany ...
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Kimmerghame House is a 19th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of Duns by the Blackadder Water. It is the seat of the Swintons of Kimmerghame, a branch of the Lowland Clan Swinton. The house was designed in the Scottish Baronial style by David Bryce in 1851. [1]
- Swintons of Kimmerghame
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- 9 October 1981
- Scottish Borders
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.
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 peacefully ...
Major John Swinton, ADC to Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia. He was the son of Brig Alan Henry Campbell SWINTON (1896-1972) sometime head of the Scots gentry family of Kimmerghame (Sir John was the 7th of Kimmerghame), and Mariora Beatrice Eveleyn Rochfort ALERS-HANKEY (1900-96), scion of the gentry family of that name of Stanton.
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