VERE, HORACE [SSNE 8435]

Surname

VERE

First name

HORACE, HORATIO

Title/rank

GENERAL, SIR, BARON VERE OF TILBURY

Nationality

ENGLISH

Region

ESSEX

Social status

OFFICER

Religion

CALVINIST

Text source

Horace Vere was an English officer in Dutch service. He was the younger brother of Sir Francis Vere [SSNE 4876]. He served in the Dutch Republic from 1591 to 1635, achieving the rank of captain in 1594, and was made a lieutenant-colonel in 1596 in the English expedition to Cadiz. He returned to Dutch service after the expedition, and became general over the Anglo-Dutch Brigade in 1605. He served in the Juliers-Cleves expeditions of 1610 and 1614 and commanded a regiment of English soldiers in the Palatinate expedition of 1620-1622, where he defended Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Frankenthal until Autumn 1622. He returned to the Netherlands and fought until the siege of Maastricht in 1632, afterwards entering into a period of retirement until his death in 1635.

 

An excellent and much more detailed account of his life, exploits, and family can be found in:

 

Trim, D. J. B. "Vere, Horace [Horatio], Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565–1635), army officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 17 Jun. 2022. https://www-oxforddnb-com.ezproxy.st-andrews.ac.uk/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-28211.

 

and for a more outdated source:

 

Markham, C.R., The Fighting Veres (London, 1888).

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE

Arrived 1591-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1635-05-02, as GENERAL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

ENGLAND, CADIZ EXPEDITION

Arrived 1596-01-01, as LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Departed 1596-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

STUART KINGDOMS, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE, PALATINATE

Arrived 1620-01-01, as GENERAL

Departed 1622-09-30, as GENERAL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY