CAMHUS, HENRY [SSNE 3548]

Surname

CAMHUS

First name

HENRY, HENRIC

Title/rank

COMMANDANT

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Henry Camhus is noted as serving as the commandant of Nykoping castle between 1598-1609, and of Kalmar castle in 1610. Not much else is known about him. He appears to have taken over the post from another Scot, George Irving [SSNE 4786]

Otto Donner, A brief sketch of the Scottish families in Finland and Sweden (Helsingfors, 1884), p.21. G.V. Sylvander, Kalmar slotts och stads historia, (Kalmar 1864), vol.1, p.302.

Service record

SWEDEN, NYKOPING

Arrived 1598-01-01, as COMMANDANT

Departed 1606-12-31, as COMMANDANT

Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, KALMAR

Arrived 1610-01-01, as COMMANDANT

Departed 1610-12-31, as COMMANDANT

Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY