TRAIL, PATRICK [SSNE 3691]

Surname

TRAIL, TRAILL, CRAIL, CRAILL

First name

PATRICK

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Patrick Trail/Crail, noted as a Scottish nobleman in Swedish sources, was an officer in Swedish service. He was a lieutenant in James Spens [SSNE 1642] infantry regiment in 1625. He became a captain in 1629 and briefly served in James Lumsden's [SSNE 3003] regiment in 1631. He was again captain in James Spens' regiment in 1632 and possibly served as vice-commandant of Kalmar in 1638/1642. One source notes him as a lieutenant colonel by 1640s. He died during that period

Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1625/3,5,6; 1626/3,5-9; 1629/22; 1631/22; 1632/28; Otto Donner, A brief sketch of the Scottish families in Finland and Sweden (Helsingfors, 1884), p.41.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES SPENS

Arrived 1625-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1630-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAMES LUMSDEN

Arrived 1631-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1631-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAMES SPENS

Arrived 1632-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1632-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, KALMAR

Arrived 1638-01-01

Departed 1645-12-31, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL

Capacity VICE-COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY