CAMPBELL, CARL aka GUSTAF [SSNE 2013]

Surname

CAMPBELL, CAMMEL, CHAMMEL

First name

CARL aka GUSTAF

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOTO-SWEDISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Gustaf Campbell was the son of James Campbell, farmer in Alseda and Åby farm. He was also the grandson of the Scot, Major Carl Campbell [SSNE 2016]. Gustaf, who sometimes wrote his name as Carl, served as as an ensign in the Kalmar garrison before transferring to Karl Gustav Skytte's recruited dragoon regiment. He eventually received promotion to the rank of captain in the Kalmar regiment and died around 1684. Campbell married Christina Gyllensparre.

Source: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1677/7,F.534; 1678/ 12,3; 1680/4; G. Indebetou, 'De svenska grenarna af skottska ätterna Campbell, in Person Historisk Tidskrift, vol. 10, 1908, pp.109-128.

Service record

SWEDEN, SKYTTE'S DRAGOONS, KALMAR REGIMENT

Arrived 1677-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1684-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY