DOUGLAS, JAMES [SSNE 5004]

Surname

DOUGLAS

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

LT. COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Lt. Colonel James Douglas served as in the army of Hugh Mackay. In 1697 he had been promoted from captain to lt.-colonel and served in the Scots Foot Guards. It is possible that this is the same man who served as an ensign in Colonel Lauder's regiment in 1694.

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands,1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp.572-3.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, LAUDER'S, MACKAY'S

Arrived 1694-06-12, as ENSIGN

Departed 1697-12-31, as LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY