CADDEL, [SSNE 8114]

Surname
CADDEL
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT?

Text source

Captain Caddel was a captain in Dutch service in the 1620s. Because of his name and the many men who bore it in the Dutch Republic, it is assumed he was a Scot. However, except for a few mentions alluding to his death, his name does not appear in the States of War for the Scots-Dutch Brigade. It is possible that he was either in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade, or was a lieutenant or other subaltern promoted to command townspeople during the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom. Nonetheless, he was reported to have been mortally wounded on 20 August 1622 and died a short time later. 

 

Sources: 

 

MacLean, Dr. Ir. J., De Huwelijksintekeningen Van Schotse Militairen in Nederland: 1574-1665 (Zutphen, 1976), p. 31.

Nijhoff, Martinus (ed.), De Briefwisseling van Constantijn Huygens, Vol. 1 ('s-Gravenhage, 1922)Huygens, No. 172: To Maurits Huygens, 24 Aug. 1622, p. 114. 

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, BERGEN-OP-ZOOM
Arrived 1622-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1622-08-20, as DECEASED
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY