HAMILTON, JOHN [SSNE 2598]

Surname

HAMILTON

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

LT. COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Hamilton was a lieutenant colonel in Alexander Hamilton's [SSNE 380] regiment in the Swedish army in 1632. This may be the same as SSNE 2595, and may also be the Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton murdered and robbed by peasants in October or November 1632 near Halle (Saxe-Anhalt) while part of the entourage of Marquis James Hamilton [SSNE 1348]. This is deduced as he is the only person of appropriate rank who leaves the historical record in 1632.

Stockholm Krigsarkivet, Muster Roll, 1632/30. For the reference to the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton see Marcus MEUMANN, Die schwedische Herrschaft in den Stiftern Magdeburg und Halberstadt während des Dreißigjährigen Krieges (1631-1635), in: Markus MEUMANN/Jörg ROGGE (ed.), Die besetzte res publica. Zum Verhältnis von ziviler Obrigkeit und militärischer Herrschaft in besetzten Gebieten vom Spätmittelalter bis zum 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin 2006, pp. 239-267, here p. 255 (also http://www.amg-fnz.de/pdf/Aufsatz-Schweden-pdf.pdf). Thanks to Dr Bernd Warlich for these references.

Service record

SWEDEN, ALEXANDER/JOHN HAMILTON

Arrived 1630-01-01, as LT. COLONEL

Departed 1632-12-31, as LT. COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY