BROWN, WILLIAM [SSNE 946]
- Surname
- BROWN, BROWNE
- First name
- WILLIAM
- Title/rank
- BURGESS
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- DUNDEE
- Social status
- NOBILITY
- Education
- Religion
Text source
William Brown is listed as a Scottish burgess, from Dundee, in Danzig in 1668. A Sir William Browne, Bart [and prominent merchant of Danzig] is listed as the British Resident in Danzig from 1700 and these are possibly the same individual.T. Fischer, The Scots in Eastern and Western Prussia (Edinburgh, 1903), p.196; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), p.195.
Service record
- POLAND, DANZIG
- Arrived 1668-01-01
- Departed 1668-12-31
- Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC
- STUART KINGDOMS, DANZIG [POLAND]
- Arrived 1700-07-11
- Departed 1700-12-31
- Capacity RESIDENT, purpose DIPLOMACY