MACKAY, PATRICK [SSNE 136]

Surname

MACKAY, MACKEYE

First name

PATRICK

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

LAIRG, SUTHERLAND

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Sir Patrick Mackay (Magi) of Lairg commanded of a company in Mackay's regiment. He was dismissed at his own reqest on 19/10/1627 and died in Copenhagen in the autumn of 1628.

R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (London, 1637), I pp. 18, 65 and 82; Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 2nd series II, p.304; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.123.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1626-04-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1628-10-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY