WALLACE, WILLIAM [SSNE 1770]

Surname

WALLACE

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

GOVERNOR

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

Education

Religion

Text source

Wallace is listed as governor (commandant?) at Jamagorod in Ingermanland, a fortress taken during King Johan III's war with Russia over possessions in Estonia and Livonia. Wallace was ordered to arm the fortress with the building master. Jamagorod was lost to the Russians again in 1590.

L.W. Munthe, Kungl. Fortifikationens Historia (Stockholm, 1902) vol.1, pp.96-7 and vol.6:1, p.116.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMAGOROD

Arrived 1580-01-11, as OFFICER

Departed 1581-01-10, as OFFICER

Capacity GOVERNOR, purpose MILITARY