Swinton was also the unsuccessful Conservative candidate for Paisley in 1900. He was a Member of London County Council representing Holborn from 1901 to 1907 and Dulwich from 1922 to 1928. He was Chairman of the Parks and Open Spaces Committee in 1904–1905,and Chief Whip of the Municipal Reform Party (the Conservative group on the council) from 1903 to 1912. He was an Alderman from 1907 to 1912,and 1920 to 1922. He became Chairman of the London County Council in 1912,but resigned on accepting the post of Chairman of the Town-planning Committee of the new Imperial City of Delhi.[8] He was attached by the Colonial Office to the Representatives of the Overseas Dominions attending the Imperial Conferences in 1917 and 1918;foreshadowed,in August 1917,the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle;Honorary Secretary of the Scottish National War Memorial Committee,1918.
Swinton is the grandfather of Major-General Sir John Swinton and great-grandfather of actress Tilda Swinton.
Publications
A Garden Road;Development;London:Her Traffic,Her Improvement,and Charing Cross Bridge;several papers on social subjects,the problems of traffic,and the improvement of London.
Arms
Coat of arms of Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton
Escutcheon
Sable,on a chevron or a crescent gules,between three boars heads erased argent within a bordure engrailed ermine.
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