OXENSTIERNA, GABRIEL TURESSON [SSNE 6854]

Surname

OXENSTIERNA

First name

GABRIEL TURESSON

Title/rank

Nationality

SWEDISH

Region

Social status

Education

Religion

Text source

Gabriel Turesson Oxenstierna was the son of Thure Oxenstierna [SSNE 6157], who was an Oxford graduate and Countess Sigrid Oxenstierna. Gabriel studied in Uppsala before serving as a volunteer in the Royal Navy in Britain in 1666 under Admiral Sprage. He returned to Sweden in 1667 where he continued to serve in a variety of naval and administrative functions. He was sent to the Hague in 1688 at Swedish diplomat and travelled with the Williamite regime to Britain c.1689. In 1691 he formally took over the role of Swedish envoy to Britain. It is said he could not come to London due to the Anglo-French hostilities, and instead followed the British king around Flanders. In 1693 his duties took him elsewhere. On 7 November 1690 he asked the Swedish resident in London, Christopher Leyoncrona to forward his letters to his unnamed cousin in Ireland.

Swedish Riksarkiv, Anglica 197, Ch. Leyoncronas brev fran svensk bestickning i Haag, 1689-1690, 1. undated 1690, 2. 7 November 1690; Svenskt Biografiskt Handlexikon (2 vols., Stockholm, 1906), II, p.256.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, ROYAL NAVY

Arrived 1666-01-01

Departed 1667-12-31, as VOLUNTEER

Capacity VOLUNTEER SAILOR, purpose NAVAL

SWEDEN, BRITAIN, BRITISH COURT IN FLANDERS

Arrived 1689-01-01

Departed 1693-12-31

Capacity DIPLOMATIC ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY