Sir James, Baron Spens
- In the 1632 series: Baron James Spens of Wormiston, a Scottish general in the employ of Gustavus, is an historical character and commanded the king of Sweden's Green Regiment, making him the commanding officer of Alexander Mackay. Flint wrote: "He was simultaneously the Swedish ambassador to England as well as the English ambassador to Sweden—and one of Gustav's top military commanders in the bargain." Flint portrayed him as a confidant of Gustav on two occasions and presented a dialog between the two where Spens supports the reports sent about Grantville by Mackay as the pious Gustavus gropes with the manifestation of what he perceives as an act of God. In the same scene, Spens represented his faith in Mackay and his belief in the reports he'd sent about Grantville.
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