HENDERSON, DAVID [SSNE 268]

Surname

HENDERSON

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

David Henderson was listed as a "kornet" with the Danish cavalry during the Copehagen seige of 1659. He was an ensign in 1677 in captain Frost's company of NordJyske infantry regiment at Wismar. He was an ensign in Prince Christian's regiment, and then a captain in 1701-14

J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), V, vol.1; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.85.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1659-02-07, as ENSIGN

Departed 1714-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY