Edmund Swetenham (15 November 1822[1] – 19 March 1890) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.

[3] He studied at Macclesfield Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1848.

[6] Swetenham also defended the Dolgellau man Cadwaladr Jones in 1877, who stood accused of murdering his girlfriend.

At the 1885 General Election, Swetenham stood in the Caernarfon Boroughs constituency for the Conservatives, losing by 65 votes.

He married Gertrude, daughter of Ellis Cunliffe of Acton Park, Wrexham.