KINCAID, GEORGE [SSNE 8382]
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George Kincaid was a Scottish merchant in Veere who helped to raise and finance companies of Scottish soldiers in the 1570s for the Prince of Orange. In 1573, he lent money to Colonel Henry Balfour and around the same time he received an obligation from Colonel Andrew Ormiston for £3887 to transport soldiers to the Low Countries. In 1575 he was recommended by Orange for helping to raise these soldiers. In 1589, on the death of Scottish conservator George Halkett, Kincaid was recommended for the conservatorship but was passed up in favor of someone ‘mair qualefeit.’
Sources:
John Davidson, Alexander Gray, The Scottish Staple at Veere (London, 1909), pp. 178, 186
Thomas Ormiston, The Ormistons of Teviotdale (Southerhay Gardens, 1951), pp. 10-11.
Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1569-1578, pp. 676-677
Jacobus Ermerins, Eenige Zeeuwsche Oudheden, uit Echte Stukken Opgehelderd en in Het Licht Gebracht; Behelzende een Beschryving der Stad Veere VI (Middelburg, 1791) pp. 174, 199, 404-405.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
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- LOW COUNTRIES, ZEELAND, VEERE
- Departed 1590-01-01
- Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE