STRANG, ROBERT [SSNE 3606]

Surname
STRANG
First name
ROBERT
Title/rank
BURGESS
Nationality
SCOT
Region
FORFAR, ANGUS

Text source

Robert Strang, the brother of William Strang [SSNE 807], was a burgess of Stockholm. Before his death Robert had initiated the project of sending a bell as a gift to the kirk and burgh of Forfar. As he died in Stockholm on 21 April 1651, his brother William took on the responsibility for the project

A. Reid, The Royal Burgh of Forfar a local history (Paisley, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Forfar, 1902), p.136.

Service record

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM
Departed 1651-04-21
Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC AND MERCANTILE