DOUGLAS, GUSTAF [SSNE 2363]

Surname

DOUGLAS, DUGLAS

First name

GUSTAF, GUSTAV

Title/rank

COUNT

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Gustav Douglas was born on 23 May 1648, the son of Robert Douglas [SSNE 2378]. He entered military service first as a lieutenant in the Lifgard, but he had also listed as captain in 1671. He became a lieutenant colonel in 1676. In 1677 he became colonel and chief of Skåne Båhus dragoon regiment. Thereafter, Douglas commanded the Västerbotten och Lappmarkerna cavalry ( Sami ) until June 1692. He also became governor of Västerbotten before 27/12/1677. Letters between Douglas and the "amtmanden" in Vardo, Hans Lilienskiold dated February and May 1695, are printed in O. A. Johnsen's book (see below). He appears to have died on 24 July 1705 and was buried at Klara Kyrka four days later. This is probably the same man who in 1691 wrote to Count A.J. De la Gardie regarding a converted Jewess who has stolen jewels worth several 1000 riksdaler and a request to send out a search party for her. There is a portrait of Douglas in Fullerö, Västmanland, with copies in Gripsholm castle and Riddarhuset.

 

Sources: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1672/1; 1673/1; 1674/1; 1676/2; 1677/5; 1678/3,12; 1679/3,10; 1680/3; Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; Swedish Riksarkiv, Landshövdingarnas i Östergötlands Län Skrivelser till Kung. Maj:t. 1638-1840 - Col. Gustav Douglas, 27/12/1677; Swedish Riksarkiv, Register över Kungl. Brev avseende Gävle - Gustav Douglas 12/06/1693 - 22/11/1698, 9 letters; Swedish Riksarkiv, Generalguvernörer och riksståthållare, guvernörer, landshövdingar och ordningsmän i Sverige och dess besittningar; P. Wieselgren, ed. De La Gardiska Archivet, part 9 (Lund, 1837), p.45; S. Strömbom, ed. Index över svenska porträtt 1500-1850 i svenska porträttarkivets smalingen, 2 vols.(Stockholm, 1935, 1939), vol.1, p.216; Stockholm Stadsarkiv, Klara församlings register över döda, 1680 - 1710, p.68; O.A. Johnsen, Finnmarkens Politiske Historie, (Christiania, 1923), pp.148, 15-3, 295-7.

 

Some correspondence and accounts are found here: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069575_00229#?c=&m=&s=&cv=228&xywh=-693%2C72%2C7293%2C4206

 

A latter from his wife (later widow) Beata Margaretha Stenbock from 1704 can be found here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069575_00238#?c=&m=&s=&cv=237&xywh=2433%2C2702%2C4057%2C2339

Service record

SWEDEN, SKANE REGIMENTS

Arrived 1671-12-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1677-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, BÅHUS CAVALRY

Arrived 1677-07-31, as COLONEL

Departed 1679-12-03, as COL. IN CHIEF

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, VASTERBOTTEN

Arrived 1677-12-27

Departed 1692-06-04

Capacity GOVERNOR, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, VASTERBOTTEN OCH LAPPMARKENA

Arrived 1679-12-04, as COLONEL

Departed 1698-11-22, as COL. IN CHIEF

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, KLARA, STOCKHOLM

Departed 1705-07-24

Capacity DEAD