MUIR, ALEXANDER [SSNE 5061]

Surname
MUIR, MYR
First name
ALEXANDER
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT

Text source

Alexander Muir was a naval captain in Polish service in 1622. He is variously called a pirate and freebooter, although he probably formed part of the regular Polish navy then under development by Colonel James Murray. He is known to have worked in Poland with another Scottish naval captain, Michael Kloch.

Sources: L. Tandrup (ed.), Svensk agent ved Sundet; Toldkommissær og agent I Helsingør. Anders Svenssons depecher till Gustav II Adolf og Axel Oxenstierna 1621-1625 (Aarhus, 1971), pp.183, 193, 200. Anders Svensson to Axel Oxenstierna/Gustav II Adolph, 24 May 1622 and 13 June 1622.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, DANZIG, NAVY
Arrived 1622-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1622-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL