Alfred the Great
Silver offering penny, 871–899. Legend: AELFRED REX SAXONUM ('Alfred King of the Saxons'). Click on the image to trace the descent from Alfred the Great to Roger Swetenham formerly Comberbach, ancestor of all living members of the Swetenham family.
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NEWS: A WikiTree profile has been created for William Knighton, author of the Private Life of an Eastern King. He was the father-in-law of Dr James Hunt Condon, a civil surgeon who was a friend of Major George Swetenham RE and godfather of his son Charles Condon Swetenham.
The Municipal Board of Mussoorie organised a celebration of the bicentenary of the town on 19 May 2023. The Swetenham family was represented. Cloud End, Mussoorie was built by Major Edmund Swetenham in 1838.
see https://swetenham.org/mussoorie Photo gallery: see https://swetenham.org/piwigo
This family tree is based on Richard Swetenham’s grandparents’ families - Swetenham, Watson, Whiteman and Fielding.
Richard Swetenham’s main family tree is currently kept on Ancestry and is only open to their subscribers. This secondary site is open to public consultation. The last update was on 17 October 2024.
William the Conqueror
Image from the Bayeux Tapestry showing William with his half-brothers. Click on the image to trace the descent from William the Conqueror to Roger Swetenham formerly Comberbach, ancestor of all living members of the Swetenham family.