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Robert Oliver Sweezey, BSc., M.E.I.C., M.C.I.M.M. was born December 8, 1883 at Three Rivers, Quebec. After graduation from Queen's University, Kingston, with the BSc degree, he established himself as a Consulting Engineer, specializing in water, power, pulp and paper, timber lands, and financial reports. He was employed by a number of banking, investment, and public institutions before establishing his own business in 1921. R. O. Sweezey married Harriet Watson, daughter of Professor John Watson, Kingston, on April 27, 1911, and he continued to maintain close ties to Kingston although he resided in the Montreal suburb of Westmount for much of his life. He was a Trustee of Queen's University, and was on the staff of the Royal Military College in Kingston. He became involved in the investment dealership business and was a member of the Board of Directors of several companies. Sweezey was a pricipal in Beauharois scandal involving hydro power in Quebec. After Beauharnois, Sweezey was involved with several mining and power schemes, mainly in western Canada. The principal ones were the Ford-Highwood coal property in Alberta, and the Livingstone Range Syndicate. In 1968 R.O.Sweezey passed away at the age of 85.

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Michael Sweeney is a musician.

Thomas Swanston, of Scottish descent, was a fur trader and employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company for twenty years, 18 of which were spent in the Mackenzie River District, until retiring in 1880. Based on archival notes, he was most likely born in 1849 though whether this occurred in Canada or Scotland is unclear as he travelled from the UK with his mother and three sisters in the summer of 1855, at the age of 6, to rejoin his father in Canada, an employee of the HCB. A note makes reference to his mother and ‘children’ having arrived in Aberdeen, Scotland in the autumn of 1852 from Moose Factory making it reasonable to assume he may have been born in Canada. As an adult he is described as a ‘wealthy and prominent citizen’ who ‘lived in a state with a great many servant in a fine house with extensive grounds and stables, altogether in the manner of an English country gentleman’. He and his wife, who was part Cree, had ‘a great many children’ though all but one passed away early in life. His only surviving child was a daughter named Frances who married a Red River colony McBeth, a family that had settled at Prince Albert during the 1870’s and were distantly related to the author Rev. R.G. McBeth.

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Donald Swainson was born in Baldur, Manitoba in 1938. Dr. Swainson received his B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1960, his M.A. from the University of Toronto in 1961, and his Ph.D, also from the University of Toronto, in 1968. He began his teaching career at Queen's University as a Lecturer in the Department of History in 1963, becoming an assistant professor in 1965. He achieved the rank of full professor in 1979. He served on dozens of committees at Queen's University, and wrote numerous academic and journalistic articles. He frequently reviewed historical publications and was the author of a number of his own books including John A. MacDonald:The Man and The Politician (1971). He also co-authored Kingston:Building on the Past with Professor Brian Osborne. Dr. Swainson died in 1998 after a lengthy illness.

Stephen L. Swain was a film producer.

Robert Swain was the Director of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre for eleven years. Prior to that appointment, Swain worked at the National Museum of Science and Technology (1967) and was Director of the Gallery/Stratford. After leaving Kingston Swain was Director of the Art Gallery of Hamilton; and acting Head of Development at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Swain has also served in a a number of professional organizations as President of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries, President of the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organisation, and secretary treasurer of the Board of the Canadian Museums Association. He was an author/curator of numerous exhibitions and their accompanying catalogues; articles in Queen's Quarterly;' Co-author with Robert Fulford of Hidden Values which accompanied an exhibition for which he served as curator.

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