BRAUN, JOHAN [SSNE 1851]
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Johan Brown served in Sweden in 1632. He was a lieutenant in George Crawford's [SSNE 2086] regiment. He is possibly the same man as the Scot who served in the Russian army, but that has not yet been established. He certianly kept company of another Russian veteran, Colonel James Wardlaw. Brown returned to Scotland in April 1640 to join the Army of the Covenant, but the ship he was in was driven into Newcastle where he remained a month before being imprisoned in York Castle. He applied for compensation from the Scottish Parliament on 17 August 1641. Those taken from this ship included Colonel James Wardlaw, Ruitmaster John Brown of Fordell, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sinclair, Lieutenant John Adinston, Ensign David Guthrie and Sergeant Robert Finlayson [Recorder in Records of the Parliament of Scotland, A1641/8/138. Losses of the Scots officers detained at Newcastle, 17 August and 15 November 1641].Brown later served in the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant as lieutenant colonel in in David Lesley's Horse and then colonel of his own regiment.
Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1632/13,14; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996); A list of the Several Regiments and Chief Officers of the Scottish Army quartered neer Newcastle (London 1644); Ed. Furgol, A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies, 1639-1641 (Edinburgh, 1990), 118-119.
Bishops' Wars; English Civil War
Service record
- SWEDEN, GEORGE CRAWFORD
- Departed 1632-12-31, as LIEUTENANT
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- STUART KINGDOMS, SCOTLAND, NEWCASTLE, YORK
- Capacity PRISONER, purpose MILITARY
- STUART KINGDOMS, SCOTLAND, ARMY OF THE SOLEMN LEAGUE, MARSTON MOOR
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY
- Departed 1630-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY