BENNET, GUSTAV [SSNE 4765]

Surname

BENNET

First name

GUSTAV, GUSTAF

Title/rank

CORNET

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Gustav Bennet was the son of James Bennet. He was a cornet in the Nyland and Tavastehus cavlary and died in 1700, shot dead at Narva.

A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.38; Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 1, p.286.

Service record

SWEDEN, NYLAND AND TAVASTEHUS CAVALRY, FINLAND

Arrived 1699-01-01, as CORNET

Departed 1700-12-31, as CORNET

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY