BARCLAY de TOLLY, STEPHEN [SSNE 2500]
- Surname
- BARCLAY de TOLLY
- First name
- STEPHEN
- Nationality
- SCOT, LIVONIAN, SWEDISH
- Region
- LIVONIA
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Stephen Barclay de Tolly was born in Livonia in 1677, the son of an officer in the Swedish army, John Stephen Barclay de Tolly. His military career began in the Livonian artillery. By July 1699 he had joined Danish-Norwegian service with the Bergenhus Infantry. Stephen was promoted to the rank of major in August 1718. He died in September 1732 in Voss, Norway. His widow, Mette Dorothea received 100 rixdaler in pension thereafter. Together they had one son and four daughters.Bergen Statsarkiv, Sollied Archive, index cards; O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1948), p.58.
Service record
- SWEDEN, LIVONIAN ARTILLERY
- Arrived 1695-01-01
- Departed 1699-06-30, as ENSIGN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGENHUS INFANTRY, NORWAY
- Arrived 1699-07-17, as ENSIGN
- Departed 1732-09-10, as MAJOR
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY