PROUDE, WILLIAM [SSNE 8167]

Surname

PROUDE, PROUD

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

William Proude was an English officer in the first regiment of the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. During his tenure in the Republic he held the following ranks:

 

Sergeant-major: 1614-24 January 1632

Lieutenant-colonel: 24 January 1632-23 July 1632

 

Proude was killed on 23 July 1632 at the siege of Maastricht, when he was replaced by Thomas Culpepper [SSNE 8166].

 

Sources: 

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8048; Staten van Oorlog, 1621.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 2061; Staten van Oorlog, 1622.

Ten Raa, F.J.G, and de Bas, F., Het Staatsche Leger, 1568-1795, IV (Breda, 1918), p. 241.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE, FIRST REGIMENT

Arrived 1614-01-01, as SERGEANT-MAJOR

Departed 1632-06-23, as DECEASED

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY