SCOTTEN, [SSNE 330]
- Surname
- SCOTTEN
- Title/rank
- LT. GENERAL
- Nationality
- POSSIBLE SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
A lieutenant-general Scotten was to be second in command(?) of a Danish regiment of foot in British service with effect from 1/1/1701. Riis notes him as Scottish.
T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.94.(British Library, ms. Additional no.40,779 (Vernon Papers XXIX), fol. 39r.).
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, STUART KINGDOMS
- Arrived 1701-01-01, as LT. GENERAL
- Departed 1701-12-31, as LT. GENERAL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY