LESLIE, ALEXANDER [SSNE 2914]

Surname

LESLIE, LAESEL

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

CAPTAIN, SERGEANT MAJOR?

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Leslie was first a captain in James Seaton's Hofregiment in Riga [SSNE 3474] before serving in Melker Wurmbrandt's recruited regiment in the same city. He is probably the same as Captain Alexander Leslie who was in James Ramsay's [SSNE 3315] regiment in 1629 and who served as captain in the Green Regiment in 1632. A Sergeant Major Leslie was captured at Nordlingen in 1634 and it may have been this man.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1624/7; 1625/6; 1626/3-6,8,9; 1629/14; 1632/28; The Modern History of the World. Or An Historical Relation of the most memorable passages in Germany, and else-where, since the beginning of this present Yeere 1635 (London, 1635), A3.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES SEATON, RIGA HOFREGIMENT

Arrived 1624-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1624-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, MELKER WURMBRANDT

Arrived 1625-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1628-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY, GREEN REGIMENT

Arrived 1629-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1634-09-06, as SERGEANT MAJOR?

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY