LEARMONTH, DAVID [SSNE 2905]

Surname

LEARMONTH, LERMONTH, LERMONT, LERMOND, LERMUND, LERMUNDH, LEIRMONT, LEARMOND, LEERMONTH

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

David Learmonth served in the Danish army as an ensign in 1629, most probably in Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment. He certainly served with that regiment Mackay's regiment in Sweden as an ensign in 1629. There is some confusion as to whether there may have been two men with the same name as Fischer notes a Lieutenant D. Learmonth serving as lieutenant with Patrick Ruthven [SSNE 3413] in Sweden in 1630. The muster-roll indicate he was still and ensign, though he may have held a temporary position. He appears to have become a full lieutenant with Erik Ulfsparre in 1631 and was reformed in 1632, perhaps serving as ensign again.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1629/18; 1630/22-28 STANDIG FANRIK; 1631/28 (Ulfsparre); 1632/28 REFORMED; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.114; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.219 (noted as lieutenant in Ruthven's regiment in 1630).

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY (MACKAY'S?)

Arrived 1629-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1629-10-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, MACKAY'S REGIMENT, RUTHVEN'S REGIMENT, ULFSPARRE

Arrived 1629-10-01, as REF. ENSIGN

Departed 1632-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY