SINCLAIR OF SKALBY, JACOB [SSNE 3441]
- Surname
- SINCLAIR OF SKALBY
- First name
- JACOB, JAMES
- Title/rank
- COLONEL
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- NOBILITY
Text source
James Sinclair of Skalby was the son of Francis Sinclair [SSNE 3504] and Johanna Sutherland [SSNE 2835]. He became a captain in 1651 and commandant in Kalmar for a while. He was later promoted to colonel for a regiment of infantry in 1655 which he was to recruit in Scotland. With these he served in Karl X Gustav's wars in Prussia and Poland. In 1658 he became colonel of a new regiment of cavalry in Båhuslan. He died in August either 1659 or 1660 in Elbing. He married Elisabet Clerk [SSNE 2836], in her 2nd marriage (the first was to lieutenant colonel James Drummond [SSNE 1622]) who was the daughter of Admiral Hans Clerk [SSNE 4159] and the sister of Admiral Richard Clerk [SSNE 4138].Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; Stockholm Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1658/6,11; Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 7, p.273; Swedish Riksarkiv, Adolf Johans Arkiv i Stegeborgssamlingen, 2 letters of Jacob Sinclair to Duke Adolf Johan, no dates.
Service record
- SWEDEN, SWEDISH ARMY
- Arrived 1651-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1657-12-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, SCOTTISH REGIMENT
- Arrived 1655-01-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 1658-12-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, BAHUSLAN CAVALRY REGIMENT
- Arrived 1657-01-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 1660-12-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, KALMAR REGIMENT
- Arrived 1658-01-01, as COMMANDANT
- Departed 1660-12-31, as COMMANDANT
- Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY