SINCLAIR, LOUIS [SSNE 335]

Surname

SINCLAIR

First name

LOUIS, LEWIS, LUDOWIG, LUDOVIG

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Louis Sinclair served as captain of horse in the Fyn infantry regiment of the Danish-Norwegian army in 1672-7. In action in Malmø Oct. 1676, but had died by the 30th of that month. His servant Jørgen Craul had been with him for 18 years by the time of his death - suggesting that Sinclair had been in service for at least that amount of time. It is possible that this is the same man as SSNE 1313, but the regiment and date of death given are slightly different.

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), 10, 4; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.94.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, FYN CAVALRY

Arrived 1658-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1676-10-30, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY