Swanston (surname) explained

Swanston is an English-language surname derived from Swanston in Scotland, or similar toponym. Notable people with this surname include:

• Charles Swanston (1789-1850), English merchant, banker, and politician
• Eliard Swanston (died 1651), English actor
• George Heriot Swanston (1814-?), Scottish map engraver
• Hamish Swanston (1933–2013), British theologian and historian
• James Beck Swanston (1878-1957), Canadian farmer, surgeon, and politician
• J. W. Swanston, 19th-century English printer