Anders Sinclair, born 1614, died 1689, was one of many Scottish soldiers that joined Swedish service during the Thirty Years' War, rising to the rank of colonel, and holding several military governorship of important fortress towns in Sweden. Sinclair enlisted 1635 in Robert Stewart's Scottish regiment in Swedish service, as a private

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; promoted to corporal 1637; sergeant 1640; ensign 1643. Transferred to

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as ensign 1644. Lieutenant in Skaraborg Regiment 1647; captain 1655; major 1660; lieutenant-colonel 1674. Commander in

Marstrand Marstrand () is a seaside locality situated in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,320 inhabitants in 2010. The town got its name from its location on the island of Marstrand. Despite its small population, for histori ...

1675; military governor of

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1676; of Marstrand 1676; promoted to colonel 1676; military governor of

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1678. During the defence of Toruń 1658, Sinclair was shot four times, through both arms and in his head, while he and his men beat back the enemy eight times. Sinclair was son of John Sinclair, and grandson of James Sinclair,

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of Randel. He married twice, first Anna Botvidsdotter in 1648, in a marriage that left no living children; in 1670 Anna Amundsdotter, with whom he had three sons, through which he became the ancestor of the

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and

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Sinclair of Sweden, having been

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as a Swedish

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in 1680. In 1661 the King donated the income from three farms in

Västergötland Västergötland (), also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden. Väs ...

to him. Anrep, Gustaf (1858-64). ''Svenska adelns ättar-taflor.'' Stockholm: P.A. Nordstedt & söner, vol. 3, pp. 737
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Retrieved 2016-12-10.Dobson, David (2005). ''Scots-Scandinavian Links in Europe and America, 1550-1850.'' Baltimore: Clearfield, p.79.

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