STUART, JOHN [SSNE 163]

Surname

STUART

First name

JOHN, JOHAN ANDERS, HANS

Title/rank

COURT GENTLEMAN

Nationality

SCOTO-SWEDISH

Region

STOCKHOLM

Education

UNIVERSITY

Text source

Johan Anders Stuart was the son of Anders Stuart 'the younger' [SSNE 1647], court gentleman to Queen Kristina. This may be the same Johan Stuart listed as born in Sweden in July 1628 who subsequently became a gentleman of the chamber for Karl X Gustav, and also commandant at Johannisborg Castle (confer [SSNE 3626]). It was perhaps he who matriculated at Uppsala University along with Magnus Stuart [SSNE 216] in 1644. He has also been put forward as a possible candidate for the Swede called John Stuart who graduated from Oxford in July 1655, although the other contender, Johan Robert Stuart (1643-1698) [SSNE 3628], is more likely.

Sources: Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; C. V. Jacobowsky, 'Svenska studenter i Oxford c. 1620-1740' in Personhistorisk Tidskrift, vol. 28, 1927, pp.108 and 115; Andersson et al, Uppsala Universitets Matrikel, (Uppsala, 1900-1911); T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), pp.215-267.

Service record

SWEDEN, UPPSALA

Arrived 1644-09-25

Departed 1644-12-31

Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC

SWEDEN, COURT

Arrived 1656-01-01

Capacity KAMMARHERRE, COURT GENTLEMAN, purpose ROYAL SERVICE

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