OGILVIE, GEORGE (JURGEN) [SSNE 3207]

Surname

OGILVIE, OFILBUS, AGELBY, OGILVY

First name

GEORGE (JURGEN)

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Religion

CATHOLIC

Text source

George Ogilvie bought recruits for the Danish army who had been press-ganged by the Roses of Afflossen. He served in the Danish-Norwegian army between 1627 and 1628, receiving his reckoning on 18 October 1628. On the first of that month he had been appointed as a captain of a free-company, and t isnot clear at which point he actually left Danish service.

By November 1629, Ogilvie had transferred to the Swedish army. Ogilvy joined Patrick Ruthven's [SSNE 3413] regiment as a reformed captain. His position was confirmed in 1631 and he later served in Francis Ruthven's [SSNE 3403] regiment in 1633. It may be he, referred to as Lt. Colonel George Ogilvy [cf. SSNE 3210], who was the father of Jacob Ogilvie [SSNE 3214].

Sources:

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.134; RPCS 2nd series II, passim and IV, pp.634-5

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1629/19,20; 1630/22-29; 1631/12,15-21; 1632/10-21; 1633/11-18. See also MR 1630/28,30-33; 1631/12-15; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; ; F. Rudelius, 'Kalmar Regementes Personhistoria 1623-1927 (2 vols., Norrköping, 1952) I, p.95.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NITHSDALES, JAMES SINCLAIR'S REGIMENTS

Arrived 1627-09-29, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1628-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, GEORGE CRAWFORD'S, PATRICK/FRANCIS RUTHVEN

Arrived 1629-01-01, as REF. CAPTAIN

Departed 1633-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, BREMEN

Arrived 1632-08-13

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY