BRUCE, JOHN [SSNE 8190]

Surname

BRUCE, BRUS

First name

JOHN

Text source

John Bruce was an officer in Captain Allan Coutts' (the son of the old colonel, not the colonel himself) company in the Scots-Dutch Brigade. He was captured by the Spanish at Callo in 1638.

 

Sources:

Ferguson, J., Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 453.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, ALMOND

Departed 1638-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY