See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• SIR JOHN HEPBURN (c. 1598-1636)

HEPBURN (c. 1598-1636)  , Scottish soldier in the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, was a son of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• HEPBURN, SIR JOHN (c. 1598-1636)

Hepburn of Athelstaneford near See also:

• HADDINGTON
• HADDINGTON, EARL OF

Haddington . In 162o and in the following years he served in Bohemia, on the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine and in the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, and in 1623 he entered the service of Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus, who, two years later, appointed him See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of a Scottish See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of his See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . He took See also:

• PART

part with his regiment in Gustavus's See also:

• POLISH

Polish See also:

• WARS

wars, and in 1631, a few months before the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• BREITENFELD

Breitenfeld he was placed in command of the " Scots " or " See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green " See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade of the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish army . At Breitenfeld it was . Hepburn's brigade which delivered the decisive stroke, and after this he remained with the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, who placed the fullest reliance on his skill and courage, until the battle of the Alte Veste near See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg . He then entered the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French service, and raised two thousand men in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland for the French army, to which force was added in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France the historic Scottish See also:

• ARCHER, WILLIAM (1856— )

archer bodyguard of the French See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . The existing Royal Scots (See also:

• LOTHIAN

Lothian) regiment (See also:

• LATE

late 1st See also:

• FOOT

Foot) represents in the See also:

• BRITISH

British army of to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day Hepburn's French regiment, and indirectly, through the amalgamation referred to, the Scottish contingent of the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Years' War . Hepburn's claim to the right of the See also:

• LINE

line of battle was bitterly resented by the See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior French regiments . Shortly after this, in 1633, Hepburn was under a marechal de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, and he took part in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns in See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace and See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine (1634-36) . In 1635 Bernhard of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, on entering the French service, brought with him Hepburn's former Swedish regiment, which was at once amalgamated with the French " regiment d'See also:

• HEBRON (mod. Khulzl er-Rahman, i.e. " the friend of the Merciful One "—an allusion to Abraham)

Hebron," the latter thus attaining the unusual strength of 8300 men . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Hepburn was killed shortly afterwards during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Saverne (See also:

• ZABERN (French, Saverne)

Zabern) on the 8th of See also:

• JULY

July 1636 . He was buried in See also:

• TOTAL

Total See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral .

With his friend Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• MONRO, DAVID BINNING (1836-1905)

Monro, Hepburn was the foremost of the Scottish soldiers of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune who See also:

• BORE

bore so conspicuous a part in the Thirty Years' War . He was a sincere See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic . It is stated that he See also:

• LEFT

left Gustavus owing to a jest about his See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, and at any See also:

• RATE

rate he found in the French service, in which he ended his days, the opportunity of reconciling his beliefs with the See also:

• DESIRE

desire of military See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory which had led him into the Swedish army, and with the patriotic feeling which had first brought him out to the wars to fight for the See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart princess, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth of Bohemia . See See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of Sir John Hepburn .