Sir Charles Swann, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Ernest Swann, 1st Baronet, (25 January 1844 – 13 July 1929)[1] was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.

[2][3] His father carried on business in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and Charles received his early education in the town.

He was regarded as an "advanced radical", and took an interest in the constitutional affairs of India, attending the opening of the National Indian Congress in 1890.

[4] In 1906 Charles Schwann was created a baronet "of Prince's Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington" and in 1911 he was as appointed to the Privy Council.

[2] in 1896, Elizabeth was one of a group of Victorian women and men who founded the Union of Ethical Societies (now known as Humanists UK) and presided over its inaugural meeting.