unknown, unknown [SSNE 5063]
- Surname
- unknown
- First name
- unknown
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- Social status
- Education
- Religion
Text source
Two unnamed Scottish naval captains left the service of Christian of Brunswick in November 1623 to take up service with the king of Poland. Sigismund III put them to work in the failed attempt of Patrick Stewart to raise a massive force for the invasion of Sweden. See L. Tandrup (ed.), Svensk agent ved Sundet; Toldkommissær og agent i Helsingør. Anders Svenssons depecher till Gustav II Adolf og Axel Oxenstierna 1621-1625 (Aarhus, 1971), pp.361-362. Anders Svensson to Axel Oxenstierna/Gustav II Adolf, 6 November 1623.
Service record
- BRUNSWICK, PRIVATEERING FLEET
- Arrived 1623-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1623-11-03, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL
- POLAND-LITHUANIA, NAVY, DANZIG
- Arrived 1623-11-04, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1624-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL