KING, JAKOB [SSNE 2816]

Surname

KING

First name

JAKOB, JACOB, JAMES

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ORKNEY

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Lt James King was the son of John King [SSNE 1628], who was the brother of General James King[SSNE 2814]. James served as a page to king Charles X and as a lieutenant in the Lifeguard. There is a note of his having been beaten by the town guard in 1664 presumably in Stockholm town. He was ennobled and introduced into the Swedish Nobility in 1672 along with his brother Henry [SSNE 4789]. He died in 1676 in battle at Kristianstad against Denmark.

 

Sources: Stockholm Krigsarkivet, Muster Roll, 1664/1 'AHR SLAGEN AF STADZVAGTEN'; Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 4, p.126; Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland, vol.5, pp.166; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.491; Otto Donner, A brief sketch of the Scottish families in Finland and Sweden (Helsingfors, 1884), p.31.

Service record

SWEDEN, LIFEGUARD

Arrived 1664-01-01, as ADELSBUSS

Departed 1672-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY