HAMILTON, JOHN [SSNE 4969]
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Captain John Hamilton was one of several officers of that name in the Scots Brigade. David Dobson believes him to have been a Colonel, but in fact there was never a Colonel by that name in the Brigade. He raised a company for the Dutch Republic in 1596 under licence from James VI and received his commission on 15th August that year. In 1607 Hamilton received £1925 pay and had a company of 150 men. By 1613 this had been reduced to 70 men with a wage of £1059. On his death sometime on or before 16th Junuary 1620, his daughter, Margaret [SSNE 8208], petitioned for compensation based on her fathers 40 years of service and was backed in this by the Scottish Privy Council. A second petition was submitted to the States-General on 26th January 1621, but it was rejected.
Sources:
National Archives of Scotland, GD86/318 [Fraser Charters]; J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands,1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp.57, 71, 228, 302, 335; D. Dobson 'Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe' [part one] (St Andrews, 1997).
This entry updated by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1580-01-01, as SOLDIER
- Departed 1620-01-16, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY