BARCLAY de TOLLY, JOHN [SSNE 104]
- Surname
- BARCLAY de TOLLY, BERCKLEY
- First name
- JOHN, JOHAN
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- TOWIE, BANFF (NOW ABERDEENSHIRE)
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
John Barclay de Tolly served in the Scottish colonel, Andrew Spang's regiment in Norway (formed from Bildt's Tønsberg regiment) from 13 June until 8 August 1644. He then appears as a captain in the Akershusiske Infantry regiment from September 1644 until 14 September 1645. In December 1645, Barclay asked Hannibal Sehested if he could remain in service while his wife and children arrived from Britain. This was agreed toStatholderskabets Extraktprotokol af Supplicationer og Resolutioner 1642-1652 (2.vols, Cristiania, 1896-1901), I, p.262, December 1645; O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1948), p.57; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; Bergen Statsarkiv, Sollied Archive, index cards.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, SPANG'S REGIMENT, NORWAY
- Arrived 1644-06-13, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1644-08-08, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- DENMARK-NORWAY, AKERSHUSISKE INFANTRY REGIMENT, NORWAY
- Arrived 1644-09-09, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1646-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY