FORBES, JAMES [SSNE 6962]

Surname

FORBES

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

LAIRD OF BLACKTOUN, ABERDEENSHIRE

Religion

CATHOLIC

Text source

Captain James Forbes, 2nd Laird of Blacktoun received permission from Charles I to raise a company of 200 men for service in Russia. James Forbes served under Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul [SSNE 2916] and took part in the Smolensk War. In some sources it is erroneously cited that his permission was to raise a regiment and had the rank of colonel. He is sometimes confused with James Forbes [SSNE 3881], his cousin.

 

Sources: G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).

Service record

RUSSIA, ALEXANDER LESLIE OF AUCHINTOUL

Arrived 1631-05-01, as CAPTIAN

Departed 1633-08-30, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY