STERLING, ROBERT [SSNE 3568]

Surname

STERLING, STIRLING

First name

ROBERT

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Robert Sterling served in the Swedish army from 1630 to 1638. He was first in Goran Johansson Ekeblad's Vastergotland regiment in 1630. He was then a reformed ensign with James Seaton's [SSNE 3476]/George Cunningham's [SSNE 2118] recruited infantry regiment inn 1631. He was an ensign in George Cunningham's recruited regiment in 1632. He was an ensign in Robert Cunningham's [SSNE 2132] recruited regiment in 1632 and a lieutenant by 1637. He would have served in this rank at the Battle of Wittstock in 1636. It was either he or another of the same name who served as an ensign in Alexander Gordon's [SSNE 2499] dragoon regiment in 1637 and then in Francis Sinclair's [SSNE 3504] regiment in 1638

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1630/2 1631/12-19; 1632/18-21; 1633/11-22; 1634/12-16,21-23; 1635/20-26,29-31; 1637/13-17; 1638/21.

Service record

SWEDEN, VASTERGOTLAND

Arrived 1630-01-01, as REF. ENSIGN

Departed 1630-12-31, as REF. ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAMES SEATON

Arrived 1631-01-01, as REF. ENSIGN

Departed 1631-12-31, as REF. ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, GEORGE/ROBERT CUNNINGHAM

Arrived 1632-01-01, as REF. ENSIGN

Departed 1636-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, ALEXANDER GORDON

Arrived 1637-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1637-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, FRANCIS SINCLAIR

Arrived 1638-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1638-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY