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 knightedR.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