TROUP, PATRICK [SSNE 436]

Surname

TROUP

First name

PATRICK, PETER

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Peter/Patrick (the names were often interchangeable at this time) was an officer in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment of Danish-Norwegian service. He was a lieutenant to Adam Gordon [SSNE 435], and in 1627 he recruited men for Danish service 1627. Like most of the Mackay regiment he received his reckoning by 18/10 1628

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, pp.121, 138; Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 2nd Series, VIII, p. 390.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1627-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1628-10-04, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY