SCRYMGEOUR, JAMES [SSNE 1576]

Surname
SCRYMGEOUR, SCRIMGEOUR
First name
JAMES
Title/rank
SIR
Nationality
SCOT
Region
DUNDEE
Social status
GENTRY

Text source

James Scrymgeour of Dudop, 1550-1612, was the constable and provost of Dundee. He was also a member of the embassy to Denmark led by the Earl Marischal [George Keith] in 1589, and was present at the wedding of King James VI and Anna of Denmark-Norway in Christiania. For his services he was knighted

R.V. Agrew, ed. Correspondence of Sir Patrick Vaus of Barnbarroch, knight, part 2, (Edinburgh, 1887), p.449; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), p.74; Old DNB; Gibson Craig, Papers Relative to the Marriage of King James the Sixth, 25/11/1589.

Service record

SCOTLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY
Arrived 1589-01-01
Departed 1612-02-28
Capacity DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY