BARRIE, JAMES [SSNE 492]

Surname
BARRIE
First name
JAMES
Title/rank
LIEUTENANT
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

James Barrie had been an officer in the Danish-Norwegian army in 1627. He like many others subsequently entered Swedish service where he was a lieutenant in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment in 1630

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1630/37,38; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.129 ; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 188.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
Arrived 1627-01-01, as OFFICER
Departed 1627-12-31, as OFFICER
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
Arrived 1630-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
Departed 1630-12-31, as LIEUTENANT
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY