SWAN, Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher SWAN KCVO (1924-2019)
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Richard R
Jan 19, 2019, 3:51:45 AM1/19/19
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Obit in the Telegraph of 19 January 2019: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/#source=refresh
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...Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan was born on May 13 1924 at Duncan, British Columbia, where his father, the local doctor, had changed the family name from Swiecicki. As a member of the Lithuanian gentry young Conrad claimed descent from a hereditary steward of King John Kasimir of Poland in 1648.
His mother came from a Baptist family which had been involved in the Hertfordshire straw-hat making industry during the early 19th century, and his maternal grandfather had been a master tailor at Folkestone....
He died 10 January 2019 and was a herald and Garter Principal King of Arms 1992-95. He was son of Maj Henry Peter SWAN (formerly Swiecicki) of BC, Canada and Colchester, Essex, and Edna Hanson Magdalen GREEN. He m 1957 Lady Hilda Susan Mary NORTHCOTE (1937-95), d of the 3rd Earl of IDDESLEIGH (1901-70) and Elizabeth Susan Angela Mary LOWNDES (d 1991), and had a son and four daus.
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...Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan was born on May 13 1924 at Duncan, British Columbia, where his father, the local doctor, had changed the family name from Swiecicki. As a member of the Lithuanian gentry young Conrad claimed descent from a hereditary steward of King John Kasimir of Poland in 1648.
His mother came from a Baptist family which had been involved in the Hertfordshire straw-hat making industry during the early 19th century, and his maternal grandfather had been a master tailor at Folkestone....
He died 10 January 2019 and was a herald and Garter Principal King of Arms 1992-95. He was son of Maj Henry Peter SWAN (formerly Swiecicki) of BC, Canada and Colchester, Essex, and Edna Hanson Magdalen GREEN. He m 1957 Lady Hilda Susan Mary NORTHCOTE (1937-95), d of the 3rd Earl of IDDESLEIGH (1901-70) and Elizabeth Susan Angela Mary LOWNDES (d 1991), and had a son and four daus.
hamish
Jan 21, 2019, 5:08:20 PM1/21/19
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I had the pleasure of meeting him several times at the College of Arms, when he was York Herald (and Registrar of the College) in 1987. He was a kind and friendly man, who was encouraging and very supportive to me whilst I was learning the trade of a genealogist and studying the wonders of heraldry.
Richard R
Feb 12, 2019, 3:23:18 AM2/12/19
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Obit in the Times of 12 February 2019: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/sir-conrad-swan-obituary-btgvv97p8
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