Clan Swinton
| Clan Swinton | |
|---|---|
Crest: A boar chained to a tree | |
| Motto | J'espere ("I hope") |
| Profile | |
| Region | Border |
| District | Berwickshire |
| Chief | |
| Rolfe William Swinton of that Ilk | |
| Chief of the Name and Arms of Swinton | |
| Seat | New York, United States |
| Historic seat | Swinton House, Berwickshire |
Clan Swinton is a Scottish Border clan of Anglo-Saxon origin whose ancestral lands straddle the historic boundary between England and Scotland. It is among the oldest landed families in Britain, with its name believed to derive from the Barony of Swinton in Berwickshire, granted to Eadulf Ros by King Malcolm III of Scotland around 1060. It is one of few families in Britain that can trace its patrilineal descent back to a pre-Norman era Anglo-Saxon ancestor (the other four being the Arden family, the Berkeley family, the Wentworth family, and the Grindlay family).