WHITE, ANDREW [SSNE 349]

Surname

WHITE, WITH, DE WITTE, DE WITH

First name

ANDREW, ANDREAS

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Religion

CATHOLIC?

Text source

Andrew White was listed as a Scottish captain in Danish-Norwegian service in the Jutland foot regiment from 1675 to 1690. He was captured the same year, but exchanged in 1676 and subsequently dismissed/suspended, allegedly for incompetence, until 1677. However he was reinstated the same year after a court martial and became a reformed captain. He was in Prince Frederick's infantry regiment between June 1677-8. In 1690 he was dismissed for the last time due to illness. He married Anne Drummond, called Gordon, by Catholic rite.

 

Sources: 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), XII, vol.3; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.97.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, JYSKE FOOT

Arrived 1675-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1690-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY