FORBES, ? [SSNE 597]

Surname

FORBES, FORBUSK

First name

?

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

A captain Forbes came to Roskilde with fifty men and informed Niels Trolle, lensmand of Roskilde, that a Dutch convoy had just arrived at Elsinore. His men were garrisoned at Elsinore, and at Christianshavn in July 1645, when he recruited new soldiers. He appears to have been attached to the navy

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.144 (RA. Da. Kanc. B 160 Indlaeg 5/6/1645, Niels Trolle to Otte Krag ).

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ELSINORE

Arrived 1645-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1645-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY