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Sir Francis Ruthven, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Ruthven, 1st Baronet (circa 1604 – circa 1688) was a Scottish soldier. Ruthven was the son of General Sir John Ruthven and Barbara Leslie. He joined his father in the Swedish Army, serving as an ensign in Herman Wrangel's Kronoberg regiment in 1623. He was promoted to captain in Otto von Scheiding's Småland regiment in 1626 and transferred to the regiment of his great-uncle, Patrick Ruthven, that year. In 1627 he became a captain in Kalmar regiment. Ruthven became a colonel in June 1631 and he was appointed Governor of Memell in 1633 during its occupation by Swedish forces. He left Swedish service in 1639. He was a Royalist and likely returned to Scotland before or during the Civil War, but is not recorded as playing any role in the conflict. On 11 July 1666 he was created a baronet, of Redcastle in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.Cokayne, George E''Complete Baronetage'' Vol IV (1904), p.255 (Retrieved 2 November 2022). Ruthven's title became extinct upon his death w ...
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John Ruthven (general)
Sir John Ruthven (died c.1648) was a military officer who served in Denmark and Sweden during the Thirty Years' War before returning to the British Isles for brief service in the English Civil Wars. Ruthven served first as a captain in Danish service from 1627. As Christian IV of Denmark made peace with the Habsburg Emperor in 1629, Ruthven, along with many other Scottish soldiers in Danish service, then turned to Sweden to continue the war. He first appears in Swedish service in 1629 serving as a captain of the Scottish infantry at Stralsund under the command of Alexander Leslie. He was soon promoted lieutenant-colonel in Leslie's infantry regiment (by 1630) and led an infantry regiment in the Battle of Breitenfeld on 17 September 1631 as full colonel. He later took part in the Battle of the Alte Veste near Nuernberg on 3 September 1632, and later took part in the bloody conquest of Landsberg/Lech (Bavaria) under the command of Lennart Torstensson. Ruthven was promoted to majo ...
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Isobel Ruthven, 4th Lady Ruthven Of Freeland
Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth (Hebrew Elisheba). People named Isobel include: * Isobel of Huntingdon (1199-1251), Scottish royalty * Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Scottish operatic soprano * Isobel Barnett (1918-1980), British radio and television personality * Isobel Buchanan (born 1954), Scottish operatic soprano * Isobel Campbell (born 1976), Scottish singer, formerly with Belle and Sebastian * Isobel Lilian Gloag (1865–1917), English painter * Isobel Gowdie, Scottish woman who was tried for witchcraft in 1662 * Isobel Elsom (1893-1981), English actress * Isobel Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer * Isobel Loutit (1909–2009), Canadian statistician * Isobel Miller Kuhn (1901-1957), Canadian missionary * Isobel Lennart (1915-1971), American screenwriter and playwright * Isobel Redmond (born 1953), Australian politician *Isobel Waller-Bridge (born 1984), British composer * Isobel Yeun ...
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Ruthven Family
Ruthven may refer to: Places Scotland * Ruthven, Aberdeenshire, a village * Ruthven, Angus, a village ** Ruthven Castle, Angus * Ruthven, Badenoch, Highland ** Ruthven Barracks, Highland * Ruthven Castle (other) * Loch Ruthven, nature reserve to the south west of Inverness * Aberuthven, a village in Perth and Kinross Australia * Ruthven Mansions, heritage-listed building in Adelaide, South Australia * Ruthven railway station, Melbourne, Victoria * Ruthven, New South Wales, an area in the City of Lismore Elsewhere * Ruthven, Iowa, US * Ruthven, part of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada * Ruthven Bluff, Antarctica People * Clan Ruthven, a Scottish clan * Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Lord Ruthven (other), a title in the peerage of Scotland and several people Surname * Alexander Ruthven (1580–1600), Scottish nobleman * Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882–1971), American herpetologist and President of the University of Michi ...
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Baronets In The Baronetage Of Nova Scotia
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th century; however, in its current usage it was created by James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds for the crown. Baronets rank below barons, but seemingly above all knights grand cross, knights commander and knights bachelor of the British chivalric orders, that are in turn below in chivalric precedence than the most senior British chivalric orders of the Garter and the Thistle. Like all British knights, baronets are addressed as "Sir" and baronetesses as "Dame". They are conventionally seen to belong to the lesser nobility, although William Thoms in 1844 wrote that: The precise quality of this dignity is not yet fully determined, some holding it to be the head of the , while others, again, rank Baronets as the lowest ...
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17th-century Scottish Peers
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded r ...
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Nobility From Perth And Kinross
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., Order of precedence, precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically Hereditary title, hereditary and Patrilinearity, patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common i ...
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1688 Deaths
Events January–March * January 2 – Fleeing from the Spanish Navy, French pirate Raveneau de Lussan and his 70 men arrive on the west coast of Nicaragua, sink their boats, and make a difficult 10 day march to the city of Ocotal. * January 5 – Pirates Charles Swan and William Dampier and the crew of the privateer ''Cygnet'' become the first Englishmen to set foot on the continent of Australia. * January 11 – The Patta Fort and the Avandha Fort, located in what is now India's Maharashtra state near Ahmednagar, are captured from the Maratha clan by Mughul Army commander Matabar Khan. The Mughal Empire rules the area 73 years. * January 17 – Ilona Zrínyi, who has defended the Palanok Castle in Hungary from Austrian Imperial forces since 1685, is forced to surrender to General Antonio Caraffa. * January 29 – Madame Jeanne Guyon, French mystic, is arrested in France and imprisoned for seven months. * January 30 (January 20, 1687 old s ...
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1600s Births
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Ruthven Baronets
Ruthven may refer to: Places Scotland * Ruthven, Aberdeenshire, a village * Ruthven, Angus, a village ** Ruthven Castle, Angus * Ruthven, Badenoch, Highland ** Ruthven Barracks, Highland * Ruthven Castle (other) * Loch Ruthven, nature reserve to the south west of Inverness * Aberuthven, a village in Perth and Kinross Australia * Ruthven Mansions, heritage-listed building in Adelaide, South Australia * Ruthven railway station, Melbourne, Victoria * Ruthven, New South Wales, an area in the City of Lismore Elsewhere * Ruthven, Iowa, US * Ruthven, part of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada * Ruthven Bluff, Antarctica People * Clan Ruthven, a Scottish clan * Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Lord Ruthven (other), a title in the peerage of Scotland and several people Surname * Alexander Ruthven (1580–1600), Scottish nobleman * Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882–1971), American herpetologist and President of the University of Michi ...
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Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven Of Freeland
Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven (died 6 May 1671) was the son of William Ruthven of Freeland by his wife Isabella Fotheringham, and a great-great-grandson of William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven. In January 1651, he was created Lord Ruthven of Freeland, in the Peerage of Scotland, by King Charles II (who, though in exile from England, had been crowned King of Scots at Scone earlier that month). Lord Ruthven was married to Isabel, daughter of Robert Balfour (previously Arnot) and his wife Margaret Balfour, 2nd Lady Balfour of Burleigh, and by her was the father of a son David, who succeeded to his title. His daughter Jean later succeeded to the title, and on her death it passed to the issue of another daughter, Elizabeth, who had married Sir Francis Ruthven, 1st Baronet. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruthven, Thomas 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland Year of birth unknown 1671 deaths Nobility from Perth and Kinross 1 Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with ...
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Swedish Army
The Swedish Army () is the army, land force of the Swedish Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sweden. Beginning with its service in 1521, the Swedish Army has been active for more than 500 years. History Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as Royal guard, body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav Vasa in the Swedish War of Liberation, war against the Union of Kalmar, thus making the present-day Life Guards (Sweden), Life Guards List of oldest military units and formations in continuous operation, one of the world's oldest regiments still on active duty. In 1901, Sweden introduced conscription. The conscription system was abolished in 2010 but reinstated in 2017. Organisation The peace-time organisation of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of regiments for the different branches. The number of active regiments has been reduced since the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s. However the Swedish Army has begun ...
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Baronetage Of Nova Scotia
Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary to prove a claim of succession. When this has been done, the name is entered on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. Persons who have not proven their claims may not be officially styled as baronets. This was ordained by Royal warrant (document), Royal Warrant in February 1910. A baronetcy is considered vacant if the previous holder has died within the previous five years and if no one has proven their succession, and is considered dormant if no one has proven their succession in more than five years after the death of the previous incumbent. All extant baronetcies, including vacant baronetcies, are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including those which are extinct, dormant or forfeit, are on a separ ...
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