MONTGOMERY, HENRY [SSNE 1229]

Surname

MONTGOMERY, MONTGOMMERY, MONTGOMERIE

First name

HENRY, HENRIK

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Henry Montgomery served as a captain in the Duke of Brandenburg's service. He was ordered by Kurfurst Frederick Wilhelm to enter Danish service in 1678 and became first a volunteer in a Skane regiment. He later joined a Prussian infantry regiment. He left Danish service in 1679. His biographical entry in Hirsch and Hirsch state that he was of noble British origins

J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), VII, vol.3

Service record

BRANDENBURG, EAST PRUSSIA, BRANDENBURG ARMY

Arrived 1677-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1677-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1678-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1679-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY