DOUGLAS, VILHELM [SSNE 2379]

Surname

DOUGLAS

First name

VILHELM, GUILLAUME, WILHELM, WILLIAM

Title/rank

LT. COLONEL, COUNT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Religion

LUTHERAN

Text source

Count Wilhelm Douglas was the son of Field Marshal Robert Douglas [SSNE 2378]. Like his father he joined the army. He served in a cavalry company in 1671, and then in 1674 he became lieutenant colonel in Klemens Grubbenhielm's Skane infantry regiment. Wilhelm died in February 1674 and was buried on 19 July of the same year. A funeral service was held for him in Maria Kyrka in Stockholm on 1 August. His connection to Scotland and Scotsmen had remained strong throughout his life and he even wrote to the Earl of Lauderdale in 1663. William had a son, also called William [SSNE 2379] who survived him

Sources: British Library, Add 22878, Guillaume Duglas [son of General Robert Douglas] to the Earl of Lauderdale, Stockholm, 30 May 1663 in French with seal. f. 26; Uppsala University Library, Palmskiöldiska Samlingen 415; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1671/1; 1674/6 DEAD IN FEB; Stockholms Stadsarkivet, Maria Församling, Register över döda, 1656-1680, p.103; Stockholm Stadsarkiv, Nicolai forsamling döda, 1627-1680, p.64.

Service record

SWEDEN, KLEMENS GUBBENHIELM SKANE INFANTRY

Arrived 1663-01-01, as OFFICER

Departed 1674-02-28, as LT. COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY