 Later Mark Swiburne established his own business in 1892 as a brass-founder, engineer and coppersmith.Mark married Jane in 1860.George Swinburne was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and in 1874 became apprenticed to chemical merchants, J. Williamson & Co. After completing his apprenticeship he became a clerk in the same business (1880–82), and studied engineering in the evening, shorthand and German before beginning work in the morning, and joined a debating society.