BARCLAY de TOLLY, JOHN [SSNE 104]

Surname

BARCLAY de TOLLY, BERCKLEY

First name

JOHN, JOHAN

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

TOWIE, BANFF (NOW ABERDEENSHIRE)

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Barclay de Tolly served in the Scottish colonel, Andrew Spang's regiment in Norway (formed from Bildt's Tønsberg regiment) from 13 June until 8 August 1644. He then appears as a captain in the Akershusiske Infantry regiment from September 1644 until 14 September 1645. In December 1645, Barclay asked Hannibal Sehested if he could remain in service while his wife and children arrived from Britain. This was agreed to.

Statholderskabets Extraktprotokol af Supplicationer og Resolutioner 1642-1652 (2.vols, Cristiania, 1896-1901), I, p.262, December 1645; O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1948), p.57; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; Bergen Statsarkiv, Sollied Archive, index cards.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SPANG'S REGIMENT, NORWAY

Arrived 1644-06-13, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1644-08-08, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, AKERSHUSISKE INFANTRY REGIMENT, NORWAY

Arrived 1644-09-09, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1646-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY