SCRYMGEOUR, WILLIAM [SSNE 3456]

Surname

SCRYMGEOUR, SCRIMSEIR, SCRUMGIOR

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

William Scrymgeour served in Sweden in early 1632. A man of the same name then served as captain of horse in Swedish and Russian service in Alexander Leslie's [SSNE 2916] regiment. They may have been the same man

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1631/25,27; 1632/22; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY

Arrived 1631-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1632-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

RUSSIA, ALEXANDER LESLIE

Arrived 1632-01-01, as CAPTAIN OF HORSE

Departed 1632-12-31, as CAPTAIN OF HORSE

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY