BRAND, BALLIE ALEXANDER [SSNE 107]

Surname
BRAND
First name
BALLIE ALEXANDER
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Nationality
SCOT
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Education
Religion

Text source

Ballie Alexander Brand was a Scottish merchant who frequently worked in The Netherlands. His friend, James Dick, asked him to purchase 24 oil paintings there for his new house at Prestonfields in 1681.

C. Smout, 'The European Lifeline' in G. Menzies (ed.), In Search of Scotland (Edinburgh, 2001), p.122.

Service record

SCOTLAND, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
Arrived 1681-01-01
Departed 1682-12-31
Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE, TRADE
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