TROUP, WILLIAM [SSNE 552]

Surname

TROUP, TROUPE, TROOPE

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

William Troup was an officer in the Danish-Norwegian army. He was a major in 1628 and received his reckoning by 18 October that year. He also received payment on behalf of Captain John Lindsay [SSNE 397/582?], not before 30/8/1628. This may be the same man as Sergeant Major Troope who had a company under Sir Frederick Hamilton [SSNE 1184] in Swedish service in 1631-32. These men were raised as part of the army of James Maquis of Hamilton [SSNE 1348], but fought in a different theatre of war. Monro notes that by 1632, Troup held the rank of lieutenant colonel and was killed in the Paltz sometime before 1636.

R. Monro, His Expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Mackeyes (2 vols., London, 1632), II, List of the Scottish Officers in Chief; The Swedish Intelligencer: The Fourth Part (London, 1633), p.127; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.136.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1628-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1628-10-04, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, STUART KINGDOMS, HAMILTON'S ARMY, SIR FREDERICK HAMILTON

Arrived 1631-11-01, as SERGEANT MAJOR

Departed 1635-12-31, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY