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