Charles Sheridan Swan
Charles Sheridan Swan was a British engineer and shipbuilder who cofounded Swan Hunter.
Swan was born in Longbenton, Northumberland. In 1851, he was working in the coal industry as an engineer. In 1874, he took over the management of a shipyard established in 1842 by a John Coutts and by then owned by a Dr Charles Mitchell who was married to one of his sisters. He only managed the yard for five years as in 1879 he was killed returning from the Continent on a paddle steamer.
His widow continued the business after Swan's death in partnership with George Hunter.
