The Memorial reads: Sacred to the Memory of Colonel Joseph Swinburne of Her Majesty's 83rd Regt. Born at Solihull, 19th September 1783 And who after devoting 44 years of his life to the Service of his Country Died at Lichfield, 7th February 1860, and his buried here ---------------- His duties as a soldier are recorded in the annals of the gallant regiment in which he served so long and well. His duties as a Husband and Father will be ever remembered by his Widow and his Children who have erected this Tablet as a record of his private worth and as a humble tribute to one whose good and gentle nature has made his Memory dear to them and theirs. ------------------ "I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith".

JOSEPH SWINBURNE, Colonel 83rd Regiment of Foot which became the County of Dublin Regiment then the Royal Irish Rifles; (son of Joseph Swinbourne and Mary Sanbrook, see Nicholas Swinbourne of Warwickshire), born 1783 Solihull, Warwickshire, baptised 19 September 1783 St. Alphege, Solihull; he ran way from home and joined the army, in 1805 he was recruited into the 83rd Regiment of Foot and by 1809, when his regiment was posted to Portugal, he had risen to the rank of Sgt. Major, following the battle of Talavera where he was wounded twice he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and acting Adjutant. After the fall of Napoleon he continued to serve his regiment in Ceylon, where some of his children were born, and Canada, he was promoted to Captain in 1825, Major in 1842 then Colonel in 1851, he served in India until his retirement on full pay in 1853 after 48 years of continuous service, he is believed to be the first man in the British Army to rise through the ranks from Private Soldier to Colonel; of Selwood House, Armitage, Staffordshire then the City of Lichfield; died 7 February 1860 Lichfield aged 77, buried 13 February 1860 St. Alphege, there is a memorial to him on the north wall of the chancel; Will proved 27 April 1860 at Lichfield by his widow ALICE and sons Joseph and Charles Alfred, effects under £7000

They were parents of:

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SARAH SWINBURNE, (? born c. 1805 Kandy, Ceylon IGI), died 30 May 1880, married 13 August 1827 ALFRED MYLIUS, born 1793 Frankfurt, died 10 April 1829 Ceylon, issue - see below

FRANCIS SWINBURNE, Royal Irish Fusiliers

MARY ANN SWINBURNE, married ROBERT KELLY, Registrar of Deeds

CATHERINE SWINBURNE, married FRANCIS MOULTON

JOSEPH SWINBURNE, born 1820 Ceylon; one of the executors of his fathers' will 1860 at which time he was living at Lichfield; does not appear on the 1881 census; died 8 September 1900 Brighton, aged 80, of 45 St. George's Road, Brighton, probate granted 27 October 1900 London to brother Charles Alfred, effects £379

JOHN DENNIS SWINBURNE, born 1826/7 Ceylon; General, Gordon Highlanders; of Landscape Clonlara, County Clare, Ireland, major-general in Her Majesty's Army, died 9 October 1894 at Kilkea, Co. Clare, Ireland, probate granted Limerick and sealed 9 May London 1895 to Alice Matilda, widow and son Henry Lawrence, effects £45 in England, ?married 18 December 1848 Monkstown, Dublin ALICE MATILDA ?WELSH, born c. 1830 Ireland; died 10 October 1908 of 4 Trafalgar Terrace, Monkstown, co. Durham, widow, admon. granted Dublin, sealed London 19 November 1908 to son Henry Lawrence, effects £44 in England. They are on the 1881 census at 7 Longridge Street, Kensington, London, Middlesex with son Richard, John was Lt. Col. & Paymaster Home District Horse Guard (issue - see below)

CHARLES ALFRED SWINBURNE, Solicitor, born 1830/1 Scotland; one of the executors of his fathers' will 1860 at which time he was living in Manchester; listed in the Post Office Directory, Manchester, Salford and Liverpool, Solicitor 'Swinburne Parker & Co.', King Street, Manchester; on 1901 census at Andover, Hampshire aged 68, J.P. for County of Hampshire; died 18 March 1904 aged 74 at Savernake, Wiltshire, of 'Beech Hurst', Andover, Hampshire, probate granted 18 April 1904 London to Frederick Lorn Campbell, major general in H.M. army, Sir Henry Earrnnaby Lennard, baronet, Walter Dawson and William Longstaff Ainslie, solicitors, effects £70,459, resworn £81,791*; married (reg. Q2) 1863 Newton Abbott FRIEDRICA FRANCES ......?, born 1842/3 Manchester, Lancashire; they are on the 1881 census at 32 'Up H Terr', St. Marylebone, London; she was at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, aged 58 at the 1901 census; she died 14 April 1916, at 5 Portland Place, Middlesex, Probate granted London 26 June 1916 to Dame Mary Luica Holker (wife of Henry Beaufort Ingelford), effects £102,867; no children

5 others who probably died in infancy

Alfred MYLIUS and Sarah were parents of:

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FREDERICK HENRY MYLIUS, born 12 June 1828, died 8 January 1890 Elmdon, Birmingham, Rector of Elmdon, married FANNY BOUSTEAD, died after 1890 (issue - see below)

John Dennis and Alice Matilda were parents of:

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JOSEPH FRANCIS SWINBURNE, born 1849, died 1896, aged 47

JANE S. SWINBURNE, born 1852 India, on 1881 census with parents, aged 29, widow of Major STUDDART-CAMPBELL, R.A.

RICHARD SWINBURNE, born 1855/6 India; on 1881 census with parents, aged 25, Clerk in Bank; died 22 June 1935, aged 79 of Glanomera, Warren Drive, Deganwy, Probate granted London 8 August 1935 to widow, Frederick Charles Saxon, Chartered Accountant and Joseph William Ellis, Solicitor, effects £1705; married 20 October 1887 Elmdon, Birmingham, his cousin MARY LESLIE MYLIUS, (see below), she died 1896; Richard married 2ndly (reg. Q2) 1898 Hampstead MARY URSULA WOODD, born c.1861 Hampstead, London; they are on the 1901 census at 'Woodlands', Haverstock Hill, Hampstead with daughter Norah; Richard a Bank Clerk aged 45 and Mary aged 40; she died 9 February 1946 at The District Hospital, Llandudno, whilst of Glanomera Drive, Deganwy, Caernarvonshire, Probate granted London 24 June 1946 to Margaret Swinburne, spinster, effects £1159 (issue - see below)

HENRY LAWRENCE SWINBURNE, born 1859 India; Secretary to Lord Charles Beresford; executor of father's will in 1895 and mother's in 1908; died 6 February 1909 of 51 Rowan Road, Brook Green, Middlesex, aged 50; admon. granted 7 April 1909 London to widow, effects £156; married (reg. Q3) 1886 Bath ELIZABETH, born c.1860 Australia; they are on the 1901 census at St. Marylebone, London, Henry a Journalist aged 42 and Elizabeth aged 41

Frederick Henry and Fanny MYLIUS were parents of:

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ALFRED MYLIUS, born 28 May 1858, died in infancy 1859 Birmingham, Warwickshire

FREDERICK JOHN MYLIUS, born 18 December 1859, died 1 March 1927 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

JOHN BOUSTEAD MYLIUS, born 17 March 1861, died 11 January 1894, unmarried, Rector

MARY LESLIE MYLIUS, born 1 June 1862, died 25 November 1896, aged 34 of 92 Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead, Middlesex, admon. granted London 1 December to her husband Richard Swinburne, bank clerk, effects £1,310; married 20 October 1887 Elmdon, Birmingham, her cousin RICHARD SWINBURNE (see above)

Richard and Mary Ursula (Woodd) were parents of:

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NORAH SWINBURNE, born (reg. Q3 Hampstead) 1899; on 1901 census with parents, aged 1

DENIS SWINBURNE, Colonel; born 20 July 1901 Hampstead; died 23 September 1983 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; married 6 August 1930 London HILARY PARDOE TUDOR, born 9 February 1909, died 11 July 1991; they had two daughters and a son

MARGARET SWINBURNE, born 11 September 1903; died unmarried 12 May 1984 of Glanomera, Deganwy, Probate granted Llandaff 24 July 1984, effects £60,023

JOHN SWINBURNE, birth reg. Q1 1906 Hampstead

Sources: Martin Davis, Vancouver, Canada; Linda Swinburn; 1881 and 1901 census; GRO indexes; Probate Calendar; S. Hoy, Australia

*He apparently left £50,000 to the Margate Lea (or Sea) Hospital Company

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