ROSS, LACHLAN [SSNE 3379]

Surname

ROSS

First name

LACHLAN, LACHLANE, LACHLAND

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Lachlan Ross was first a lieutenant, then a captain in Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93](which then became Robert Monro's [SSNE 94]) infantry of the Swedish army in 1632. He was then a captain in John Skytte's [SSNE 6280] infantry in 1635

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1632/28; 1635/26,27,29-32; 1636/20-23; Swedish Krigsarkive, katalog over rullor, vol.31.

It was probably this man who served as lieutenant colonel to the Perthshire regiment in the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant in 1644.See A list of the Several Regiments and Chief Officers of the Scottish Army quartered neer Newcastle (London 1644); Ed. Furgol, A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies, 1639-1641 (Edinburgh, 1990), 175.

English Civil War

Service record

SWEDEN, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1631-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1632-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JOHN SKYTTE'S INFANTRY REGIMENT

Arrived 1635-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1636-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY