MACRIFF, JOHN [SSNE 222]

Surname

MACRIFF, MACKRIFF, MAKRIFF

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Macrief was a Scottish officer in the Danish-Norwegian army. He was a captain in colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment in 1628. He subsequently entered Swedish service, during which he was killed in action at Neu Brandenburg 1630

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.129; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p.187).

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1629-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1629-07-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, SWEDISH ARMY

Arrived 1629-08-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1630-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY