STUART, ROBERT [SSNE 8271]

Surname

STUART

First name

ROBERT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

SAILOR, FAKE SOLDIER

Text source

Robert Stuart (AKA Thomas Fowler) was a sailor on a man-of-war in the service of the Dutch Republic, sometime before 1602. On 3 August that year Stuart, under the alias Thomas Fowler, along with six other sailors passed as soldiers to "fill-out" Captain Balfour's land company in the Scots-Dutch Brigade. Stuart was found guilty of breaking his oaths as a sailor, and "defrauded and robbed the Land," a capital offense. On 20 September, the States-General and the Council of State ordered Stuart to be hanged as example to others.

 

Source:

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 185.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, DUTCH NAVY, THE SCOTS BRIGADE

Arrived 1602-01-01, as SAILOR, SOLDIER

Departed 1602-09-20, as EXECUTED

Capacity SAILOR, SOLDIER, FRAUDSTER, purpose NAVAL, MILITARY, FRAUD