Samuel Swinton
Samuel Swinton is an owner of British newspaper deceased in 1797.
Old lieutenant of the British royal Navy of Scottish origin, wine merchant in London, Swinton was one of the owners of the Morning Post and of the Franco-English gazette the Courier of Europe . In addition to its bonds with the writers - Brissot, Fite de Pellepore, Desforges - and the directors - Greenhouse of the Tower, Théveneau de Morande - its newspapers to which it did not take any share, it took care of several diplomatic missions during the American conflict.
In 1779, he is thus agent of a mission of Lord North to probe the provisions of France with respect to peace proposals. He is of course gotten rid of. In parallel it renders services to the Secretary of foreign affairs French.
Helene Maspero Clerc provided the proof that it was also a British secret agent, in correspondence with Philip Stephens, Secrétaire of Admiralty. He praises himself near this last to know Vergennes personally and to be able to bribe Longpré, the police inspector of the town of Paris. He brings back the business which he had with John Turner, its debtor. Under its request and thanks to its supports, he is imprisoned with the Petit Châtelet.
In 1785, it sells the privilege of the Courier of Europe with Radix of Holy-Foy.
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