SENNOT, WILLIAM [SSNE 528]

Surname

SENNOT

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

William Sennot was a major in the Danish-Norwegian army from 1627-1628. He subsequently transferred into Swedish service in 1629. He died of the plague at Stettin so is unlikely to have seen much active service for the Swedish Crown.

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.186.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1627-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1628-10-04, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, STETTIN (Szczecin)

Arrived 1629-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1630-12-31, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY