Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Alexander Wilsone Swinfen-Broun JP (1858–1948[1]) was a soldier, magistrate,[1] High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire,[2] and benefactor of the city of Lichfield, England,[1] where he lived at Swinfen Hall.

[2] His bequests to Lichfield include the statues by Barcaglia (Donna Che Trattiene il Tempo, "The Woman who Tries to Arrest Time") and Benzoni (a work known locally as 'the reading girl').

[1] In 2008, the former was sold at auction at Sotheby's in London for £150,000, as the council was unable to provide a home for it with suitable conditions to prevent its deterioration.

Most of the land was sold off and the hall stood unoccupied for many years until acquired in 1987 by the present owners and converted to an hotel.

[2] He is commemorated by a memorial in Beacon Park, comprising two plaques on opposite sides of a block of sandstone,[1] unveiled in 1972 by the then Mayor of Lichfield, Councillor W.J.