SIM (Syme?), ROBERT [SSNE 4225]

Surname
SIM (Syme?)
First name
ROBERT
Title/rank
CAPTAIN/ADJUTANT
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

Robert Sim was a Scottish officer in Swedish service. He was listed as adjutant to Colonel Rutherford in 1609 when he was sent to Scotland to levy 200 soldiers. In 1610 he was a captain in the Swedish army

H. Almquist, Sverige och Ryssland 1595-1611 (Uppsala, 1907), p.271; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), pp.72 and 224.

Service record

SWEDEN, SCOTLAND
Arrived 1609-01-01, as ADJUTANT
Departed 1609-12-31, as ADJUTANT
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY