Swale Baronetcy
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Paul Theroff
10:14 AM (1 hour ago) 10:14 AM
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The Swale Baronetcy created in 1660 is presumed to have become extinct in the 1700s on the death of the 4th Baronet.
Nevertheless it was claimed from 1877 by persons claiming to be descended from the fourth son of the 1st Baronet.
A Sir James Swale, 10th Bt., is included in Dod's 1904 Peerage, page 869, though the entry says that the title "is not admitted by the Officers of Arms":
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dod_s_Peerage_Baronetage_and_Knightage_o/CpkfAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Cokayne has pointed out that the claimed descent is unproved and suspect.
Even though this is likely a false claim (and certainly an unproved one), I thought it would be interesting to see that the claim continued well into the 1900s. Here is a burial record for "Sir James Bishop Swale", who died 4 October 1949:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99083220/james-bishop-swale
An obituary from the Bedford Advertiser, 6 Oct 1949, is pasted onto the page:
"SIR JAMES BISHOP SWALE, of Rudfarlington, Plumpton, near Harrogate who has died at the age of 81, was the holder of a baronetcy that had no claimant for nearly 150 years.
I"t was held at various times by a parson, a publican and an ironmonger.
"The first baronet, Solomon Swale was Member of Parliament for Aldborough near Boroughbridge and received the title from Charles II.
"He was succeeded by another Solomon who died in 1732 almost penniless and until 1877 there was no claimant.
"Curious History.
"Then the Rev John Swale of Birtley, Co. Durham, a brother of the Order of St Benedict, successfully claimed the title, not, as he said at the time, for personal gain, but for the future welfare of an ancient house.
"Ten years later another John Swale, landlord of the Royal Oak Inn, Knaresborough succeeded to the baronetcy and became known as the 'landlord baronet'.
"Within a few months he died and the title went to a near relative, Benjamin Swale who was an ironmonger in Knaresborough.
"It was from him in 1888 that James Bishop Swale, farmer, inherited the baronetcy. But he preferred to be known both in his private and business life as plain 'Mr'. He is succeeded by his son Mr James Bernard Swale, who will be the twelfth baronet"
The Findagrave page lists one son, James Bernard Swale, said to have died in 1965.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99083221/james_bernard-swale
Nevertheless it was claimed from 1877 by persons claiming to be descended from the fourth son of the 1st Baronet.
A Sir James Swale, 10th Bt., is included in Dod's 1904 Peerage, page 869, though the entry says that the title "is not admitted by the Officers of Arms":
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dod_s_Peerage_Baronetage_and_Knightage_o/CpkfAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Cokayne has pointed out that the claimed descent is unproved and suspect.
Even though this is likely a false claim (and certainly an unproved one), I thought it would be interesting to see that the claim continued well into the 1900s. Here is a burial record for "Sir James Bishop Swale", who died 4 October 1949:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99083220/james-bishop-swale
An obituary from the Bedford Advertiser, 6 Oct 1949, is pasted onto the page:
"SIR JAMES BISHOP SWALE, of Rudfarlington, Plumpton, near Harrogate who has died at the age of 81, was the holder of a baronetcy that had no claimant for nearly 150 years.
I"t was held at various times by a parson, a publican and an ironmonger.
"The first baronet, Solomon Swale was Member of Parliament for Aldborough near Boroughbridge and received the title from Charles II.
"He was succeeded by another Solomon who died in 1732 almost penniless and until 1877 there was no claimant.
"Curious History.
"Then the Rev John Swale of Birtley, Co. Durham, a brother of the Order of St Benedict, successfully claimed the title, not, as he said at the time, for personal gain, but for the future welfare of an ancient house.
"Ten years later another John Swale, landlord of the Royal Oak Inn, Knaresborough succeeded to the baronetcy and became known as the 'landlord baronet'.
"Within a few months he died and the title went to a near relative, Benjamin Swale who was an ironmonger in Knaresborough.
"It was from him in 1888 that James Bishop Swale, farmer, inherited the baronetcy. But he preferred to be known both in his private and business life as plain 'Mr'. He is succeeded by his son Mr James Bernard Swale, who will be the twelfth baronet"
The Findagrave page lists one son, James Bernard Swale, said to have died in 1965.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99083221/james_bernard-swale
Paul Theroff
10:16 AM (1 hour ago) 10:16 AM
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Some genealogy:
Sir Solomon Swale, of Swale Hall, cr Baronet 1660 (ca 1609-4 Nov 1678); m.1st by 1637 Mary Porey (bur 1654); m.2nd before 1665 Anne, Lady Allenson, née Tankard
1.John, dvpsp
2.William, dvpsp
3.Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (ca 1639-19 Jan 1683); m.before Aug 1665 Dorothy Crathorne
3.1.Sir Solomon, 3rd Bt. (ca 1665-30 Dec 1733)
3.2.Henry; m.Rose Lunetia Colomo
3.2.1.Sir Sebastian Fabian Enrique, 4th Bt., d.between 1741 and 1771; m.by 1738 Elizabeth Smoth
3.2.1.1.Elizabeth Easter
3.2.1.2.Frances Theothora
3.2.1.3.Dorothy Fabiana
3.2.2.Enrique Antonio; m.NN
3.2.2.1.dau
3.3.Francis
3.4.John
3.5.Margaret; m.Laurence Witham
3.6.Dorothy
3.7.Anne
4.Robert; m.Isabel Mitchell
4.1.Robert
4.2.William
(In 1877, one John Swale, claiming to be heir male of the body of this William, son of Robert, assumed the Baronetcy, though Cokayne points out that the pedigree is unproved and suspect, and the claim has never been officially recognized; this John, a Catholic priest, was b. 1808 and d.23 Jul 1888; he was suc by his brother Benjamin (1816-Oct 1889), m.1840 to Jane Waddington; suc by next brother James (1818-Oct 1901), m.1855 Sarah Bishop, suc by his son James Bishop (1867- ); the claims of this line were included in Dod’s Peerage 1904)
5.Solomon
6.Godfrey
7.Alfred
8.Anne; m.John Winchcomb
Sir Solomon Swale, of Swale Hall, cr Baronet 1660 (ca 1609-4 Nov 1678); m.1st by 1637 Mary Porey (bur 1654); m.2nd before 1665 Anne, Lady Allenson, née Tankard
1.John, dvpsp
2.William, dvpsp
3.Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (ca 1639-19 Jan 1683); m.before Aug 1665 Dorothy Crathorne
3.1.Sir Solomon, 3rd Bt. (ca 1665-30 Dec 1733)
3.2.Henry; m.Rose Lunetia Colomo
3.2.1.Sir Sebastian Fabian Enrique, 4th Bt., d.between 1741 and 1771; m.by 1738 Elizabeth Smoth
3.2.1.1.Elizabeth Easter
3.2.1.2.Frances Theothora
3.2.1.3.Dorothy Fabiana
3.2.2.Enrique Antonio; m.NN
3.2.2.1.dau
3.3.Francis
3.4.John
3.5.Margaret; m.Laurence Witham
3.6.Dorothy
3.7.Anne
4.Robert; m.Isabel Mitchell
4.1.Robert
4.2.William
(In 1877, one John Swale, claiming to be heir male of the body of this William, son of Robert, assumed the Baronetcy, though Cokayne points out that the pedigree is unproved and suspect, and the claim has never been officially recognized; this John, a Catholic priest, was b. 1808 and d.23 Jul 1888; he was suc by his brother Benjamin (1816-Oct 1889), m.1840 to Jane Waddington; suc by next brother James (1818-Oct 1901), m.1855 Sarah Bishop, suc by his son James Bishop (1867- ); the claims of this line were included in Dod’s Peerage 1904)
5.Solomon
6.Godfrey
7.Alfred
8.Anne; m.John Winchcomb
Paul Theroff
11:28 AM (9 minutes ago) 11:28 AM
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some history of the family here:
On Monday, July 13, 2026 at 9:14:53 AM UTC-5 Paul Theroff wrote:
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