CORBETT, RICHARD [SSNE 8168]

Surname

CORBETT, CORBET, CORBETH

First name

RICHARD

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Richard Corbett was an English officer in the first regiment of the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. He served at Juliers-Cleves in 1614 and was a captain in Colonel Cecil's regiment in 1622. 

 

He then held the following ranks:

Sergeant-major: 20 November 1636-18 May 1639

Lieutenant-colonel: 18 May 1639-4 January 1648

 

Sources: 

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

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

Peacham, Henry, A Most True Relation of the Affaires of Cleve and Gulick... (London, 1615), unnumbered page.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE, FIRST REGIMENT

Arrived 1636-11-20, as SERGEANT-MAJOR

Departed 1648-01-04, as LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY