STUART, HANS [SSNE 6113]

Surname

STUART

First name

HANS, JOHAN

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SWEDISH

Text source

Hans Stuart served as an NCO in the Livgard in 1684. Hans was promoted from fältväbel (master sergeant) of Jösse härads company on 2 March, 1702 and was still there in 1708. He later became premier captain in the Nerkes och Vermlands regiment in 1716, but left service the following year. He died in the 1730s and had been married to Elisabeth margaretha Örnström.

A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), II, p.676. This article was kindly updated by Jeff Benson.

Service record

SWEDEN, LIVGARD, NÄRKE OCH VERMLANDS

Arrived 1684-01-01, as NCO

Departed 1717-04-16, as PREMIER CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY