caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place allegiance unit battles birth_date rank image article_title name
malcolm sinclair wearing uniform , by johan henrik scheffel 1708 - 1739 swedish army 17 june 1739 murdered outside grüneberg -lrb- zielona góra -rrb- in silesia sweden life guards great northern war 1690 major malcolmsinclair malcolm sinclair -lrb- swedish nobleman -rrb-
 malcolm sinclair
malcolm sinclair -lrb- swedish nobleman -rrb-

malcolm sinclair -lrb- 1690 - june 17 , 1739 -rrb- was a swedish officer , nobleman and envoy who was murdered by two russian officers on his way home from the ottoman empire .
the assassination eventually sparked the russo -- swedish war of 1741 -- 1743 and also inspired the so-called sinclairvisan , a song about sinclair by anders odel .
the swedish national portrait gallery at the gripsholm castle in mariefred includes a painting by johan henrik scheffel of sinclair wearing uniform and armor from 1728 that is currently deposited in ulriksdal palace .
