GREIG, ? [SSNE 4228]

Surname

GREIG, GRIEG, GREG

First name

?

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Captain Greig is listed as one of the officers in Gustav II Adolf's only Scottish regiment during the Kalmar War, 1611-13. Sometimes he is simply called Captain G

G. Arteus, Till Militärstatens Förhistoria: Krig, professionalisering och social förändring under Vasasönernas regering (Stockholm, 1986), p.146; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.74-5.

Service record

SWEDEN, SAMUEL COCKBURN

Arrived 1610-01-01, as CAPTAIN, ARTILLERY

Departed 1613-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY