Archibald Campbell Swinton

Professor Archibald Campbell Swinton FRSE DL LLD LLB (15 July 1812 – 27 November 1890), was a Scottish author, politician and professor of civil law at Edinburgh, 1842–62. Early life and family Archibald Campbell Swinton was born in Broadmeadows, Berwickshire the elder son of John Swinton WS, and Catherine Rannie, his wife, and grandson of Archibald, fourth son of John Swinton of Swinton, Berwickshire, all members of Clan Swinton. Archibald's father succeeded his maternal aunt, Mary Campbell to the Kimmerghame estate, in 1850, adopting Campbell to the surname at this point. Archibald's younger brother, James Rannie Swinton, became a fashionable portrait artist, and sisters Catherine and Elizabeth, shared an interest in art. His father had law offices and a house at 9 Shandwick Place in Edinburgh's West End, just off Princes Street. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, his classmates including Archibald Campbell Tait, later Archbishop of Canterbury. Swinton studied law at the University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh.