KEITH, WILLIAM [SSNE 512]
- Surname
- KEITH
- First name
- WILLIAM
- Title/rank
- MAJOR
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- Social status
- OFFICER
- Education
- Religion
Text source
William Keith was a major in the Danish-Norwegian army. He was in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment in 1628. He is most likely the same William Keith who served as a major in Sweden in 1632.R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (2 vols., London, 1637), II, The List of the Scottish Officers in Chiefe; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.131 ; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 186.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
- Arrived 1628-01-01, as MAJOR
- Departed 1628-10-04, as MAJOR
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN,
- Departed 1632-12-31, as MAJOR
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY