DUNCAN, DAVID [SSNE 273]

Surname

DUNCAN, DUNCAM

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

David Duncan was a lieutenant in Anders Planting Bergloos recruited cavalry regiment in Sweden in 1666. By 1668 he joined K G Wrangel's cavalry lifregiment along with his brother Lieutenant Colonel James Duncan. The Duncan brothers left Swedish service to join Danish in the early 1670s. David became a captain with colonel Lutcken's infantry in 1675 in Denmark but went absent without leave the following year. Perhaps because his brother was major general he escaped serious punishment. He served in Norway with his brother from 1678 onwards and died by 1705. David Duncan was married to Eleonora Margrete von Kulhen/Kahler, the widow of Colonel Esaias Reincking. They had two sons, Jacob and David, and an unnamed daughter.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1666/2; 1668/9; O. Ovenstad, Militærbiografier: den norske hærs officerer fra 18 januar 1628 til 17 mai 1814 (2 vols. Oslo, 1946), p.256; J. Sandberg, Kvinner gift med offiserer i den Norske Hær 1628-1814. Fra stabsfanejunker O. Ovenstads Militærbiografier (Oslo, 1961), p.27; 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), III, vol.2; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.86.

Service record

SWEDEN, WRANGEL'S

Arrived 1666-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1668-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, LÜTCKEN'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1675-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1676-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, CAVALRY, NORWAY

Arrived 1679-05-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1679-09-30, as CAPTAIN

Capacity PURPOSE, purpose MILITARY