PHILP, WILLIAM [SSNE 4803]
- Surname
- PHILP, PHILIP [aka PHILLIP, PHILLIPS]
- First name
- WILLIAM, WELLAM
- Title/rank
- COLONEL, LAIRD OF FINGASK AND LARGO
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- LARGO & St Andrews FIFE and FINGASK, PERTH AND KINROSS
- Social status
- NOBILITY
Text source
William Philip was the son of Steven Philip, the baillie of St. Andrews and his wife Elisabeth Forrat of Fingask. He was born in 1593 in Scotland and emigrated to Sweden in 1624. Philip served as a lieutenant in the Uppland regiment in 1625 and was a captain the following year. In November 1626 Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna authorised a travel pass for Philip, noted as a captain in Seaton's [SSNE 3476] regiment, to travel alone to Sweden. Philip again travelled to Sweden in October 1628, now serving in Colonel Bengt Bagge's regiment. Between February and May 1629 Captain Philip again returned to Sweden, allegedly seeking promotion and appointment to major (during which time Captain William Moody [SSNE 3149] took over his company). In 1632 he became the regimental quartermaster, and was promoted to major by 1636 and later to lieutenant colonel. King Charles I supplied a letter of authenticity of Philip's claims regarding his origins, dated Edinburgh 24 March 1636. Philip was ennobled and introduced into the Swedish House of Nobility under the name Philp in 1638. He continued in military service to become a lieutenant colonel then colonel of the Vastmanland regiment in December 1644. The military college in Stockholm corresponded with him in 1650 regarding levies for French service. In 1656 he was a commandant at Demmin in January and then in Stettin in September and the following year at Narva. He departed from service in 1658. That year he was also working for the governor of Landskrona and one source notes him as acting governor there. He died in August 1668. At some point he donated a bell, cast in Stettin in 1641, to Almunge church. Philp had been married to Marta Christersdotter Manesköld of Seglinge and had four sons. Marta Philp [SSNE 8303] was his grand-daughter and was married to the ethnic Scot Albrecht Duwall. He also had a son, Carl Philp [SSNE 4805].
Sources: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0070048_00085#?c=&m=&s=&cv=84&xywh=-354%2C2039%2C5456%2C3147
William is mentioned in his son Carl's correspondence in https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0070048_00082#?c=&m=&s=&cv=81&xywh=2994%2C1965%2C3158%2C1821
Swedish Riksarkiv, Riksdagsprotokoll 1638, vol. R 9 (this is a copy of the birth brieve from Scotland and comes with an English translation by Robert D. Roady, authorised translator to teh Swedish Board of Commerce - translated 26 June 1978); Several letters can be found in 'Krigskollegium Kancelliet; Adressatregistratur till Krigskollegiets Registratur 1631-1654' between 16/6/1635 to 10/10/1654, including "15/6/1648 angående kapt Alexander Hamiltons stora motvillighet" and "om vissa rullor pa värvningsfolket åt kronan Frankrike jamte underskrivna och förseglade rullor på hela sitt reg hit med forderligaste att förskicka 23/4/1650"; Swedish Riksarkiv, Generalguvernörer, riksståthållare, guvernörer, landshövdingar och ordningsmän i Sverige och dess besittningar; Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 5, p.702; Rikskansleren Axel Oxenstiernas skrifter och brefvexlin, first series, III, p.762; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), pp.494-5; I. Wilcke-Lindqvist, Almunge Kyrka (1954, 1970, 1990); Rikskansleren Axel Oxenstiernas skrifter och brefvexling, first series, IV, pp.377, 502 and 742; H.O. Prytz, Historiska Upplysningar om svenska och norska armeernas regementer och kårer jemte flottorna, II, (Stockholm, 1868), p.552.
Service record
- SWEDEN, UPPLAND REGIMENT
- Arrived 1625-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
- Departed 1644-12-31, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, VASTMANLAND
- Arrived 1644-12-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 1658-12-30, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, DEMMIN AND STETTIN (Szczecin)
- Arrived 1656-01-01
- Departed 1656-12-31
- Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, NARVA
- Arrived 1657-01-01
- Departed 1658-12-31
- Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, LANDSKRONA
- Arrived 1658-01-01, as COMMANDANT
- Departed 1658-12-31, as COMMANDANT
- Capacity OFFICER AND COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY