STUART, ALEXANDER [SSNE 115]
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Alexander Stuart served in the Norwegian military. He was a sergeant in the Bergenhus national infantry regiment in 1644 from where he was sent to Akershus. From February he became a lieutenant in the Landvakt forces. He returned to Bergen the following year and was active during Hannibal Sehested's campaigns against the Swedes in 1645. He seems to have left service for a time before reappearing as a lieutenant in February 1647 and then left in August. Lind has listed this officer, Alexander Stuart, and namesake [SSNE 4081] as the same individual. The chances of this being the case seem remote since a captain is unlikely to re-enlist some 15 years later as a private, only to rise to the rank of lieutenant. Stuart was to levy a company of 500 men in Britain, transmitted to Charles I Spynies (sic) plan for cheap recruiting of soldiers 1627-8. He was recommended by Lord Spynie to lead the Scottish troops to Denmark, because he had made the journey before.
Sources: O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1949) vol.2, p.459; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.116.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, NORWEGIAN ARMY, NORWAY
- Departed 1644-12-31, as PRIVATE
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGENHUS, NORWAY
- Departed 1647-08-01, as LIEUTENANT
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY