# Henry Swann

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**Henry Swann** (*[c.](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circa)* November 1763 – 24 April 1824)[1][2] was a British [Tory](/source/Tory_(British_political_party))[3] politician. He sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) for three periods between 1803 and 1824.

Swann was elected at a by-election in September 1803 as a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for the [borough of Yarmouth](/source/Yarmouth_(Isle_of_Wight)_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) on the [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight).[4] However he [resigned](/source/Resignation_from_the_British_House_of_Commons) his seat early in 1804, through appointment as [Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds](/source/Steward_of_the_Chiltern_Hundreds).[5]

He returned to the Commons two years later, when he was elected at the [1806 general election](/source/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election) for the borough of [Penryn](/source/Penryn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall).[3][6] He was re-elected in [1807](/source/1807_United_Kingdom_general_election),[7] [1812](/source/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election),[8] and [1818](/source/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election),[9] but his 1818 victory was declared void after an [election petition](/source/Election_petition) was lodged. The seat remained vacant until the [1820 general election](/source/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election), when he was returned again,[3] holding the seat until his death in 1824.[2]

On Friday, 11 October 1811, Henry Swann officiated at the laying of the first stone for the new [Waterloo Bridge](/source/Waterloo_Bridge) over the Thames River in London. The bridge was to be constructed of grey granite which was to be quarried near Penryn, Cornwall, Swann's constituency. A bottle of coins from the reign of the current king, George III, was placed inside that first stone.[10]

## References

1. Stooks Smith, Henry (1973 [1844-1850]). *[The Parliaments of England](/source/The_Parliaments_of_England)*. 2nd ed. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. [45–46](https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/45). ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

1. No. 15639. 3 November 1803. p. 1514.

1. No. 15680. 3 March 1804. p. 278.

1. No. 15976. 18 November 1806. p. 1506.

1. No. 16040. 20 June 1807. p. 834.

1. No. 16668. 14 November 1812. p. 2298.

1. No. 17384. 1 August 1818. p. 1377.

1. Leigh, Samuel (1820). [*Leigh's New Picture of London*](https://books.google.com/books?id=V5ZXAAAAcAAJ&q=waterloo+bridge). London: Samuel Leigh. p. 270. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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