ANSTRUTHER, PETER [SSNE 5015]
- Surname
- ANSTRUTHER, AMSTRATTER
- First name
- PETER
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- FIFE, ANSTRUTHER
Text source
Captain Peter Anstruther was probably a younger son of John Anstruther of Anstruther and Elizabeth Spens of Wormiston. He is aid to have been killed in 1589, although mention is made in 1593; "et du Capn Anstruches quinze mille cinq cens soixante deux florins"See J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands,1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp.21, 47, 146.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1579-03-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1593-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY