From medieval warriors, to nineteenth-century industrialists and dignitaries, to modern public figures and celebrities, Swansea has had its share of armigerous people.
Anyone with a coat of arms and a Swansea connection - by birth or having lived there - qualifies for inclusion on this page.
Sir Matthew Cradock (d.1531) was Steward of Gower for Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester, who was Lord of Gower. His wife, Lady Katherine Gordon, had previous been married to the rebel Perkin Warbeck.
The Dawkin family owned the Kilvrough estate on the Gower Peninsula from 1585 until they sold it to Thomas Penrice in 1820.
Thomas Dering, third son of Sir Edward Dering, Bt, living at Lilliput Hall in the eighteenth century.
The Fleming family, starting with Sir John le Fleming, resided in Gower from the time of the Norman conquest of Glamorgan. Several members of the family served as portreeves of Swansea in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The Mansels were a significant family since the middle ages, and remained so through the industrial period.
Sir Hugh Johns was granted the manor of Landimôr by the Duke of Norfolk.
William de Londres built the first Oystermouth Castle.
The Penrice family owned Oxwich and Penrice Castles on the Gower Peninsula.
The Dillwyns were a significant pottery-owning family in Swansea. Members of the family became MPs, pioneering early photographers, a novelist and an astronomer.
Thomas Eden (1787-1845) was a noted civil servant, serving in various posts in Ceylon including Secretary to the Governor. He lived at The Bryn in Derwen Fawr.
The Morrises were 18th and 19th century industrialists, but the twentieth century family has include a Welsh rugby international and a famous artist.
The Vivians were a major industrial family in Swansea during the Industrial Revolution.
Lillian Davies was a working-class Swansea girl who ended her life as a Princess of Sweden.
Harry Secombe was a Swansea-born comedian, actor and singer, probably best known as one of The Goons.
Rowan Williams was the first person since the reformation to be appointed Archbishop of Canterbury from outside the Church of England, having previously been Archbishop of Wales.
