STEWART, ALEXANDER [SSNE 6111]

Surname

STEWART, STUART

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT, SWEDISH?

Text source

Alexander Stuart was born in Uppland in 1692. He volunteered as a musketeer in Bergsregiment in 1706. After service there as an NCO, he became an ensign in the Kronoberg regiment in 1711 and a lieutenant in the Smålands Entergasterregiment in 1718. He left service in 1719, but later served as a major in the Kronoberg regiment until 1728. Stuart died on 6 January 1753. He married Elizabeth Rehbinder. 

Source: A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), II, p.676.

Service record

SWEDEN, KRONOBERG, SMÅLAND

Arrived 1706-01-01, as VOLUNTEER

Departed 1728-03-21, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY