STEWART, JAMES [SSNE 1729]

Surname

STEWART

First name

JAMES, JACOB

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

James Stewart served in Samuel Cockburn's [SSNE 4219] regiment in 1609 and variously held the ranks of ensign, lieutenant and captain of horse

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1611/4; 1613/11; 1615/19; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.217; G. Arteus, Till Militärstatens Förhistoria: Krig, professionalisering och social förändring under Vasasönernas regering (Stockholm, 1986), p.180.

Service record

SWEDEN, SAMUEL COCKBURN

Arrived 1609-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1615-12-31, as CAPTAIN OF HORSE

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY