STUART, GEORGE [SSNE 1982]

Surname

STUART, STEWART

First name

GEORGE

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

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 them.

Swedish 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