Surname: Jervis Forename(s): Swynfen b. 1797. d. 1867. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and politician. Liberal MP for Bridport (1837-1841). Friends with Christina and
Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Author of several volumes of poetry including May Morn and Other Poems (1845), The Dying Girl and Other Poems (1849), and the posthumously published Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare (1868). Biographical information: Curran Index. (AC, CC)