STUART, GEORGE [SSNE 1982]
- Surname
- STUART, STEWART
- First name
- GEORGE
- Title/rank
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
George Stewart served in Sir Thomas Conway's [SSNE 6634] regiment in Swedish service from 1627 with the rank of captain. He returned to Britain in 1631 on a recruiting mission, but was drowned with his Colonel off Denmark or Norway on 5 November 1631. 300 other men died with themSwedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1627; The Swedish Intelligencer: The Fourth Part (London, 1633), p.126.
Service record
- SWEDEN, THOMAS CONWAY'S
- Arrived 1627-07-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1631-11-05, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY