HAY, ROBERT [SSNE 548]

Surname

HAY

First name

ROBERT

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Robert Hay served in the Danish-Norwegian army in colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment, but received his reckoning by 28 September 1628. He had been garrisoned at at Stade until the town's fall April 1628. On leaving Denmark, Hay transferred over to Swedish service as many of his fellow officers did. There he served first as an ensign in John Meldrom's [SSNE 572] regiment, then in 1630 he was promoted to lieutenant in William Baillie's [SSNE 1909] regiment.

Sources: T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.136; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1629/11,16,18-21; 1630/22-25,28-30,33, 1631/25; 1632/22.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, STADE

Arrived 1628-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1628-10-04, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JOHN MELDROM'S SCOTTISH INFANTRY

Arrived 1629-01-31, as ENSIGN

Departed 1629-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, WILLIAM BAILLIE

Arrived 1630-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1630-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY

Arrived 1631-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1632-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY