KIRKPATRICK, JOHN [SSNE 4979]

Surname

KIRKPATRICK

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Major John Kirkpatrick junior served as a Major in the regiment of his relative [father?] and namesake, Colonel John Fitzpatrick. He succeeded as Captain of John Riddel's company on 19 February 1644, having previously been a lieutenant in Colonel Fitzpatrick's. He became Sergeant-Major of Kirkpatrick's on 12 July 1662. He appears to have died before 6 October 1670 when his company was taken over by Maurits de Savoy.

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands,1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp.468, 491, 494-496, 489-501, 505, 526, 528, 530, 532-535, 564; D. Dobson 'Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe' [part one] (St Andrews, 1997).

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, KIRKPATRICK'S

Arrived 1643-01-01, as ENSIGN?

Departed 1670-12-31, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY