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He was the son of Colonel John Lichton, who fell in the
Battle of Wittstock in the year 1636, and of Catharina
Guthrie. When only fifteen he took service in the
Swedish army as a private (1646), and was present at the
German, Danish, and Polish campaigns. In 1665 he
became Lieut.-Colonel in Wrangel’s cavalry-regiment, and
ten years later Colonel in the new Regiment of Nobles
(Adelsfana). To his rank as Major-General were added
the important posts of Governor of Esthland (1681), and
of President of the Chamber of Justice at Åbo (1687).
Lichtone died in 1692, on his estate of Rörstrand, and
was buried in Ulrica Elleonora’s church at Stockholm in
presence of the King.
He was brave almost to foolhardiness. In the Battle
of Lund (1676) he was hit by several bullets which were
never extracted. His violent temper was as well known
and feared as was his great bodily strength. Thus he
once killed a regimental surgeon of the name of Gruk,
and had to leave the country, but got pardoned in 1664,
on condition of his paying a considerable fine. But no
punishment could change his temper. In 1667, on the
12th of June, he again shocked the good people of
Stockholm by committing an assault on Colonel Bine with
H sword in one hand and pistol in the other.” He was
arrested, but after a time allowed “ to slip away.”
When in the Diet of 1682 the question of raising the
scale of duties was discussed, Lichton commenced to abuse
the citizens, calling them u skinnare ” and “ skafvare,” i.e.
shavers and scrapers, “ who took four or five Thaler for
their table-beer which only cost them six Marks, as he
himself had experienced in the restaurants to his loss.”
Upon this some citizens accused him of slander ; but the
matter was smoothed over by reference to the Minutes,
when the words of the speaker, according to the Secretary,
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