FORBES, GEORGE [SSNE 6965]

Surname

FORBES

First name

GEORGE

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

TOLQUHON, ABERDEENSHIRE

Text source

Lieutenant Colonel George Forbes of the Tolquhon branch of the family served in Sweden in a regiment of foot between at least 1631-1632.

R. Monro, His Expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Makeyes (2 vols., London, 1637), II, The List of the Scottish Officers in Chiefe.

Service record

SWEDEN, SWEDISH ARMY

Departed 1632-12-31, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY