CAMPBELL, ANDERS [SSNE 2009]

Surname

CAMPBELL

First name

ANDERS

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOTO-SWEDISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Anders Campbell was the son of James Campbell of Alseda and Åby gård, and grandson of the Scottish born officer, Major Carl Campbell [SSNE 2016]. Along with his brother Carl Gustaf, Anders served at the Court of Karl X in April 1658. He thereafter served as a muskateer in Köningsmarcks regiment in Holland in 1671. He was quartered with Douglas's Cavalry Regiment while there. On his return to Sweden he served first as a corporal in the Drabanterna. He then became a lieutenant in the Småland's cavalry regiment. He appears on the regimental pay list for 1702 as ryttare, and on the pay list again for 1706, although he was pensioned out of service in July 1704. On 5 November 1683, Anders received confirmation of his lifetime receipt of Alseda. Campbell died in Fliseryd on 14/04/1708. He had been married Margaretha Ulfsax and Corporal Anders Campbell of the Småland regiment was probably their son.

Source: A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.108; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1682/2; 1683/1; 1685/2; 1696/4; 1697/4; 1702; 1706.

Service record

SWEDEN, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, KÖNINGSMARCKS REGIMENT

Arrived 1671-01-01, as MUSKETEER

Departed 1672-12-31, as MUSKETEER

Capacity SOLDIER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, SMÅLAND CAVALRY

Arrived 1682-01-01, as CORPORAL

Departed 1706-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, ALSEDA GÅRD

Departed 1708-04-14

Capacity FARMER, HOMESTEADER, purpose MISC.