HAMILTON, GUSTAF DAVID [SSNE 6084]

Surname

HAMILTON

First name

GUSTAF DAVID

Title/rank

COUNT

Nationality

SCOT?

Text source

Count Gustaf David Hamilton was born in Sweden in 1699. He joined the Livregiment in 1716 and retired with the rank of General Chief of the Swedish Army in Pomerania in 1758.

A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.272.

Service record

SWEDEN, ARMY

Arrived 1716-07-01, as VOLUNTEER

Departed 1769-04-28, as FIELD MARSHAL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY