BURLACY, JOHN [SSNE 139]

Surname
BURLACY
First name
JOHN
Title/rank
COLONEL
Nationality
ENGLISH
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

John Burlacy is listed as one of the colonels who entered Danish service from the United Provinces in March 1627. His regiment appeared in the Dutch Republic on 1 August 1626.

 

Sources:

F.J.G Ten Raa and F. De Bas, Het Staatsche Leger 1568-1795: onder toezicht van den Chef van
den Generalen Staf, Deel IV, 1625-1648 (Breda: Nijhoff, 1918), p.272;

J.A. Fallon, 'Scottish Mercenaries in the service of Denmark and Sweden 1626-1632' unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Glasgow, 1972. 

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, DUTCH ARMY
Arrived 1626-08-01, as COLONEL
Departed 1627-02-28, as COLONEL
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY, MORGAN
Arrived 1627-03-01, as COLONEL
Departed 1627-12-31, as COLONEL
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY