OGILVIE, WILLIAM [SSNE 3222]

Surname
OGILVIE
First name
WILLIAM
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

Captain William Ogilvie served in Kristoffer Assarsson Mannerskold's regiment from Finland. There was another William Ogilvie [SSNE 3223] in service much later. In a letter dated 28 June 1639 from Hamburg, Captain William Ogilvie signed a testmonial with eight other officers that arms bought by Sir Thomas Roe were serviceable and fit for service by Charles I. This was a group of officers who had all newly left Swedish service and the two Ogilvies are possibly the same man.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1624/5; PRO SP 81/47, f.107, 28 June 1639, 'Certificate of General King upon arms sent to England'.

Service record

SWEDEN, MANNERSKOLD'S FINNISH, FINLAND
Arrived 1624-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
Departed 1639-05-01, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY