Patrick Don Swan

Patrick Don Swan of Springfield FRSE DL (1808–1889) was a Scottish shipowner and shipbuilder who served as Provost of Kirkcaldy.

[1] He was born on Whyte's Causeway in Kirkcaldy on 19 August 1808 the son of William Swan (d.1833), a yarn merchant, and later provost of the town.

Patrick was a flax merchant, then branched into shipping, founding Swan Brothers.

[4] In 1876 he donated a site in Kirkcaldy for the erection of a Free Church (now known as St Bryce's).

[7] He died at home, St Brycedale House, a Robert Adam[8] mansion, in Kirkcaldy on 17 December 1889.