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(1907) [MARC] Author: Thomas Alfred Fischer
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the brother of the German Andrew Spalding who settled
at a small town of Plaue in Mecklenburg. His name
was Hans. Born in Scotland, he came to Göteborg in the
beginning of the XVIIth century, where he became
President of the Court of Justice in 1658. Besides him two
other u borgmästere ” of the name are mentioned: Gabriel
(1683-1687), the son of the former, and Andrew, his
nephew (1696-1698). In the next century the Spaldings
left Göteborg, but we find them again in Stockholm1
and elsewhere in Sweden.

The Sinclairs appear in 1623 in the chronicles of
Göteborg, but the family was known in Sweden long
before that. As far back as 1379 a “ Henricus de Sancto
Claro,” a merchant at Marstrand, signs a reverse for 200
Rosenobles which he had borrowed from a certain
Håkan Jonsson. In Göteborg they occupied rather
humble positions: one, James, was a mason; whilst a Fru
Anna Sinclair owned one of the twenty-seven breweries
of which the small town boasted nearly three hundred
years ago.

In the transition period between the XVIIth and the
XVIIIth centuries we may mention Colin (or Collin)
Campbell2 (1687-1757), who became a Director of the
w Svenska-Ostindiska ” Company. He received the patent
of nobility in 1731. His valuable library was sold by
auction in 1758.3 Almost contemporaneous with him
there lived at Göteborg a painter and master of his guild,
John Ross (1695-1773). He was one of a widespread

1 John Spalding of Göteborg became the founder of the two Swedish
noble families of Spaldincreutz and Hjelmberg. Three Spaldings
were enrolled as citizens of Stockholm in 1703 (Johann S.), 1727
(Jacob), and 1737 (Johann). See Borgarc-Bok, Stadsarkivet,
Stockholm.

2 See above.

8 See Svenska Bibl. och ex-libris.

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