• Reference
    AU34/11/2/4
  • Title
    Benjamin Swaffield, brother of Samuel Swaffield
  • Date free text
    2001-2003
  • Production date
    From: 2001 To: 2003
  • Scope and Content
    Biography of Benjamin Swaffield, brother of Samuel Swaffield, who became the Head Bailiff on the Chatworth Estate to the 6th Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish. The biography was compiled by Natalie Wheatley (nee Swaffield), descendent of Henry Richard James Swaffield, for the 2001 Reader's Digest Family History Competition. The file includes colour photocopies of two letters written to Benjamin from his father at his home in the estate village of Edensor. Also included is correspondence between Natalie and Andrew Underwood.
  • Level of description
    sub-file