SHAIRP, WALTER [SSNE 4998]

Surname

SHAIRP

First name

WALTER

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Walter Shairp served as a captain of the Scots Fusiliers in the Low Countries in 1696-97. A letter survives to him from Colonel Row from March 1696 giving thanks about encouraging news about recruiting and the numbers of recruits to be expected from Scotland. He had apparently become Colonel of the regiment by 1709. He was married to Janet Dalziel. See NAS GD30/730 AND 1729; D. Dobson 'Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe' [part one] (St Andrews, 1997).

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, SCOTS FUSSILIERS, BRITISH ARMY

Arrived 1696-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1709-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY