Born: April 5, 1837, Grosvenor Place, London, England.
Died: April 10, 1909, Putney, London, England.
Buried: St. Boniface Bonchurch churchyard, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight.
Algernon was the son of Admiral Charles Henry Swinburne and Jane Henrietta Ashburnham.
Educated at Eton College and at Balliol College, Oxford, he is remembered as a poet, playwright, novelist, and critic.