DICKSON, ADAM [SSNE 567]

Surname

DICKSON, DIXON

First name

ADAM

Title/rank

LT. CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Adam Dickson was a lieutenant captain in command of a company in Spynie's [SSNE 177] regiment from 6/7/1627. He recruited soldiers in Scotland for Danish-Norwegian service during the autumn of 1627. Dickson received his reckoning by 18/10/1628

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, pp.139-40; Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 2nd Series VIII, p. 429.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, LORD SPYNIES OWN

Arrived 1627-01-01, as LT. CAPTAIN

Departed 1628-10-04, as LT. CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY