{{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''John Swinfen''' (19 March 1613 – 12 April 1694) was an English politician <ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/swinfen-%28swynfen%29-john-1613-94 The History of Parliament Trust, SWINFEN (SWYNFEN), John (1613-94), of Swinfen, Weeford, Staffs] retrieved December 2017</ref> who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1691. He supported the Parliamentary cause in a civil capacity in the English Civil War. Swinfen was probably the son of Richard Swinfen, of Swinfen, Staffordshire. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1632.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=SWNN612J|name=Swinfen, John}}</ref> In 1645, Swinfen was elected Member of Parliament for Stafford in the Long Parliament.<ref name=HOP>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/swinfen-john-1613-94 History of Parliament Online - Swinfen, John]</ref> He was excluded in Pride's Purge in 1648. He was one of the Parliamentary Commissioners for Staffordshire.
In 1659, Swinfen was elected MP for Tamworth in the Third Protectorate Parliament.<ref name=HOP/> He was elected MP for Stafford in 1660 in the Convention Parliament.<ref name=HOP/> In 1661 he was elected MP for Tamworth for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. He was re-elected MP for Tamworth in 1681 and sat until 1685.<ref name=HOP/> In 1690, he was elected MP for Bere Alston and sat until 1691.<ref name=HOP/> Swinfen lived at Swinfen Hall near Freeford. He was commonly called " Russet-coat," from his affected plainness of dress.<ref>[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-murray-firm/handbook-for-travellers-in-derbyshire-nottinghamshire-leicestershire-and-staf-nho/page-29-handbook-for-travellers-in-derbyshire-nottinghamshire-leicestershire-and-staf-nho.shtml Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire]</ref> He died at the age of 81 and was buried at Weeford, Staffordshire.<ref name=Venn/>
Swinfen married Ann Brandreth, daughter of John Brandreth and Jane Weston.<ref name=Venn/>
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