Hamilton, John Albert [SSNE 8480]

Surname

Hamilton

First name

John Albert

Nationality

Scoto-Dane

Region

Denmark

Text source

Johan Albert Hamilton may well have been a brother of Henry Albert Hamilton [SSNE 879] although elsewhere this man's name is given as John Christensen Hamilton.

John eventually served as an accountant who in 1630 was appointed to the Danish East India Company and spent several years serving in this role. It may be that while a student in Copenhagen in 1619 John placed his signature in an autograph album belonging to one Joachim Morsius. On 14 August that year John wrote a quote in French, including a text commonly associated with the House of Lennox.

 

Source: Thomas Brochard, "Scots and Scandinavia as seen through Alba Amicorum, 1570s-1720s", Northern Studies, vol.52 (2021), p.106. See also, Thomas Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, vol.2, (1988) p.195. With thanks to Dr Brochard for this reference.

 

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

Arrived 1630-01-01

Departed 0000-01-01

Capacity ACCOUNTANT, purpose MILITARY ADMINISTRATION