KEITH, ANDREW [SSNE 3515]

Surname
KEITH, KEYTHE, GEET, GÄT, THE YOUNGER
First name
ANDREW, ANDERS
Nationality
SCOT

Text source

Andrew Keith the younger was a relative of Sir Andrew Keith [SSNE 1534], Lord Dingwall, who was in Swedish service during the 1560s and 1570s. In 1605 he served as Stuart ambassador to the Imperial Court and at sometime he visited Sweden to claim his family inheritance.

Source: Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), p.99.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, HABSBURG COURT
Arrived 1605-01-01
Departed 1605-12-31
Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY