William Romaine Paterson (29 July 1871 – 3 December 1941) was a Scottish, Glasgow-based writer often using the pen name Benjamin Swift.

He wrote novels, poems, essays, and short stories.

[1][2][3] William Romaine Paterson was born in Glasgow on 29 July 1871.

[3] His sister, Catherine Paterson, gifted part his archive to University of Glasgow Special Collections.

[3] He was interned in Vichy France during World War II.