SANDILANDS, WILLIAM [SSNE 4994]

Surname

SANDILANDS, SANDELANDS

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

SIR

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

William Sandilands succeeded Robert Halkett as captain in Erskine's regiment in 1661, taking his commission on 9 August of that year. By 1665 his company stood at 49 men and his monthly pay at £783. In 1668 he was appointed Sergeant-Major of Louis Erskine's regiment in place of John Roper, deceased. He was still listed in service as Sergeant-Major in 1673.

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands,1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp.489, 493, 496-7, 499-502, 526, 528, 532, 535; D. Dobson 'Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe' [part one] (St Andrews, 1997).

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, ERSKINE'S

Arrived 1661-08-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1673-12-31, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY