FORBES, THOMAS [SSNE 5219]

Surname

FORBES

First name

THOMAS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Thomas Forbes, a merchant in Poland, had his estate escheated to the Polish government on his death. A complaint was lodged with Patrick Gordon, the Scottish factor at Danzig, on his return to Scotland in 1617

A.F. Steuart, Papers relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793, (Edinburgh, 1915), p.xvii; Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. xi, pp.cxli-v, 174-8, 357-362.

Service record

POLAND, POLAND

Departed 1617-04-30

Capacity MERCANTILE, purpose CIVIC