Huitbank (of the Scottish side). Other Information According to contemporary sources, Ruthven's behavior was consistent with that of a severe alcoholic, and at times he was called "Rothwein" (red wine). At the time of his resignation as commander in chief in 1644 he is said to have shown clear signs of chronic alcohol damage, and that may have been a factor contributing to his replacement by Prince Rupert of the Rhine. References Ruthven Correspondence: Letters and Papers of Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford, and of His Family: A. D. 1615 – A. D. 1662. With an Appendix of Papers Relating to Sir John Urry, edited from the Original Mss., by the Rev. William Dunn Macray (Google eBook) National Records of Scotland, GD 246/box 26/bundle 5/19. Letters and Papers of Lt. General Sir Patrick Ruthven. Lady Jane Ruthven, Stockholm, 15 January 1652 quoted in Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603–1646 Leiden, 2006, p. 102. Swedish Riksarkiv, de la Gardiesamlingen, E1501, Patrick More to Magnus de la Gardie, Buxtehude, 26 February 1652. J Barratt, Cavalier Generals: King Charles I and His Commanders during the English Civil War 1642–46, Pen & Sword Military Books, 2004. Alexia Grosjean, An Unofficial Alliance: Scotland and Sweden, 1569–1654, Leiden, 2003. J. Malcolm, The Parish of Monifieth in Ancient and Modern Times Edinburgh, 1910. Steve Murdoch and Alexia Grosjean, Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648, Pickering & Chatto, 2014. P R. Newman, The Atlas of English Civil Wars, Routledge, 2005. |- Brentford, Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Year of birth uncertain Earls in the Peerage of Scotland Peers of Scotland created by Charles I 1st Earl of Brentford Peers of England created by Charles I Scottish generals Scottish mercenaries Scottish diplomats Swedish diplomats Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War 17th-century Scottish people 17th-century soldiers Scottish expatriates in Sweden Scottish people of the Thirty Years' War Patrick