DUNCAN, JAMES [SSNE 1221]

Surname

DUNCAN

First name

JAMES, JACOB

Title/rank

CAPTAIN OF HORSE

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Captain James Duncan served as a cavalry captain in the Jutland (Jyske) cavalry regiment in 1683. He was dismissed in 1684 and died in 1695 when his widow received 50 rixdaler. It is not know which nationality she was.

E. Marquard (ed.), Kongelige Kammerregnskaber fra Frederik III.s og Christian V.s tid (Copenhagen, 1918), p.461; 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), III, vol.2.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, JYSKE CAVALRY REGIMENT

Arrived 1683-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1695-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY