CLERCK, LAURENCE [SSNE 536]

Surname

CLERCK, KLERCK

First name

LAURENCE, LORENTZ

Title/rank

GOVERNOR, MAJOR-GENERAL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

NOBLE

Education

UNIVERSITY

Text source

Lorentz Clerck was the son of Admiral Hans Clerck [SSNE 4160] and Brita Svan. He was born on 14 May 1653 and studied at Uppsala with his little brother William in 1659. He joined the army in 1670. In 1696 he was lieutenant colonel of the Kalmar regiment and in 1700 he became colonel of the Jonkoping regiment. Clerck became a regional governor in Osterbotten in 1706 the same year he became major-general, served at Thorn/Torun in Poland in 1703 and ended up as commander in chief of the Jonkoping regiment.

Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; Andersson et al, Uppsala Universitets Matrikel, (Uppsala, 1900-1911); T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), pp.215-267; F. Rudelius, 'Kalmar Regementes Personhistoria 1623-1927 (2 vols., Norrköping, 1952) I, p.137; E.E. Etzel, 'Notes on Swedo-Scottish Families', Scottish Historical Review, vol.9, p.269.

Service record

SWEDEN, UPPSALA

Arrived 1659-01-01

Departed 1659-12-31

Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC

SWEDEN, KRONOBERG REGIMENT [THORN/TORUN, POLAND, 1703]

Arrived 1672-12-05, as OFFICER

Departed 1706-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, OSTERBOTTEN

Arrived 1706-01-01

Capacity REGIONAL GOVERNOR, purpose MILITARY, CIVIC