PATERSON, WILLIAM [SSNE 60]

Surname

PATERSON, PATTERSON, PETERSEN

First name

WILLIAM, WILHELM

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT or ENGLISH

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

William Paterson was listed as born in 'England'. He was colonel of an artillery squadron in Skane in 1657-60. Paterson was recorded by Lind as also serving as a captain in another regiment.

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), VIII,vol. 1; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.147.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ARTILLERY

Arrived 1657-05-11, as COLONEL

Departed 1660-10-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH CAVALRY

Arrived 1661-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1661-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY