ACHESON, HENRY [SSNE 8242]
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Sir Henry Acheson served as a captain in the regiment of the Earl of Morton during the Ile de Rhé expedition of 1628. Both he and Captain James Ramsay [SSNE 8102] raised their companies in Ireland. However, the captains were left behind the fleet with their companies, along with some men from Captain Daliell's [SSNE 8241] and Captain Sir John Leslie's [SSNE 8236] companies. Acheson stayed in the regiment and served under Sir George Hay of Kinfauns [SSNE 5056] in the Scots-Dutch Brigade. He served at the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629 and may have served at La Rochelle in 1627.
Sources:
Ferguson, J., Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 400.
TNA, SP 16/116, f. 117. Norton to Conway, 8 Sept 1628.
-SP 16/529, f. 157. Petition of Acheson and Ramsey, [undated] 1628 ?
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE STUART KINGDOMS, FRANCE, LA ROCHELLE, EARL OF MORTON'S REGIMENT
- Departed 1628-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, HAY'S
- Departed 1629-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY