POLSEN, MURDOCH [SSNE 523]

Surname

POLSEN, POWLSON, PAULSON?

First name

MURDOCH, MORDOCH

Title/rank

OFFICER

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

An officer called Murdoch Paulson was in Danish-Norwegian service. He was killed in action at Oldenburg in September 1627

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.132; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 189; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (London, 1637), I, p.18.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1627-01-01, as OFFICER

Departed 1627-09-30, as OFFICER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY