LOWRIE, ALEXANDER [SSNE 4792]

Surname

LOWRIE, LAGERGREN, LAGERGREEN, LOURIN, LOURIJ till OBY

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT?

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Alexander Lowrie was the son of John Lowrie who became ennobled as Lagergren. Alexander held lands in Oby, Bladinge. By 1641 he appears on the muster rolls of the Kalmar Regiment where he became a lieutenant in 1646 Thereafter he appears to have left military service. However Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor notes that by 1656 he had advanced to captain. In 1674 Alexander Lowrie served as a major and commandant of the Kalmar garrison in Nystad. He was at the seige of Kristianopel and after 1677 he became the governor of the fort. Lowrie died soon after 1686. He was twice married to Swedish women. According to Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, this was not a Scottish family!

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, Kalmar Regiment 1641-1648; G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 4, p.513; F. Rudelius, 'Kalmar Regementes Personhistoria 1623-1927 (2 vols., Norrköping, 1952) I, pp.70-71.

Service record

SWEDEN, KALMAR REGIMENT

Arrived 1641-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1686-12-31, as GOVERNOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, KALMAR NYSTAD

Arrived 1674-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1674-12-31, as MAJOR

Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, KRISTIANOPEL

Arrived 1677-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1677-12-31, as MAJOR

Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY