KERR, ANDREW [SSNE 2806]

Surname
KERR, KER, KARR
First name
ANDREW
Title/rank
CAPTAIN/REG. SECRETARY
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

Andrew Kerr was a Scottish officer in Swedish service. He was noted as a captain in Colonel Alexander Gray's [SSNE 378] regiment in 1612. He is possibly the same as Andrew Kerr the Regimental Secretary in John Meldrum's [SSNE 572] regiment in 1629

T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.224; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1629/11.

Service record

SWEDEN, ANDREW GRAY
Arrived 1612-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1612-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, JOHN MELDROM'S SCOTTISH INFANTRY
Arrived 1629-01-01, as REG. SECRETARY
Departed 1629-12-31, as REG. SECRETARY
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY