HACKETT, GEORGE [SSNE 1527]

Surname

HACKETT, HAKKET, HALKET, HALKETT

First name

GEORGE

Title/rank

EMBASSY OFFICIAL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

George Hackett was a member of an embassy to Denmark in 1564 under the direction of Douglas of Whittingham. He also served as Scottish conservator at Veere and was sent to Denmark in 1591 in order to obtain restitution for Scottish merchants whose ships and goods, among other things iron, had been arrested during the war 1563-70 near the Dano-Swedish frontier when they were preparing their return voyage to Scotland. 

 

Sources:

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), pp.62-63.

 

This entry updated by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

SCOTLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY

Arrived 1564-01-01

Departed 1564-12-31

Capacity DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY

SCOTLAND, VEERE, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC

Arrived 1589-01-01

Capacity CONSERVATOR, purpose MERCANTILE, COMMERCIAL, TRADE

SCOTLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY

Arrived 1591-01-01

Departed 1591-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY