SMITH , [SSNE 8408]

Surname

SMITH

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Captain Smith was a Scottish captain in the 1570s in Dutch service. He had entered Dutch service sometime before Haarlem, and in Verdugo’s Commentario, the author mentioned that a Captain Hamilton in Verdugo’s regiment had given assurances to Smith in Haarlem. In Verdugo’s memoir Smith is noted as a colonel, but Smith is mentioned as a captain in a resolution of Holland dated to 25 Sept. 1575. Smith also served at Alkmaar, alongside Captain Cornellys. 

 

Sources:

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 39, 41.

Francisco Verdugo, Comentario del Coronel Francisco Verdugo, de la Guerra de Frisia, en XIV Años Que Fué Gobernador y Capitan general de aquel Estado y Ejército por el Rey Don Felipe II, Nuestro Señor (Madrid, 1872), p. 47.

Roger Williams, The Actions of the Low Countries (1618), p. 82, 94, 165-166.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE LOW COUNTRIES, PRINCE OF ORANGE, THE SCOTS BRIGADE

Departed 1575-09-25, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY