ERSKINE, ALEXANDER [SSNE 8044]
- Surname
- ERSKINE, ARESKEN, ARSKYN
- First name
- ALEXANDER
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Alexander Erskine was one of the original captains of Colonel Buccleuch’s [SSNE 5010] regiment in the Scots-Dutch Brigade. He took oath on 28 January 1604. He commanded 150 men with a salary of £1925, but in actuality this number may have been only 62 men. He was dead by 19 January 1606 and was succeeded by George Bothwell.
Sources:
J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp. 64, 66, 67, 70.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, BUCCLEUCH
- Arrived 1604-01-28, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1606-01-19, as DECEASED
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY