RAMSAY, DAVID [SSNE 8258]
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Captain David Ramsay was an officer in the Scots-Dutch Brigade. He was in the garrison of Bergen-op-Zoom in 1607. That year, his ensign, William Stuart [SSNE 8214], killed Ramsay's cousin in a duel. Thereafter, Ramsay petitioned the Council of State to have Stuart removed from his company. By 1620, Ramsay was back in Scotland, when former Scots-Dutch captain, Henry Bruce [SSNE 8226] brought him a letter from one Cornelis Pieterszen, which asked that Ramsay repay a debt he had acquired while in Bergen-op-Zoom.
Sources:
Ferguson, J., Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp. 208-209.
National Records of Scotland, GD82/420. Cornelius Pieterszen to David Ramsay, 31 May 1620.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1607-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1620-12-31, as RETIRED
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY