LAWSON, JAMES [SSNE 6542]

Surname

LAWSON

First name

JAMES

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

James Lawson was a lieutenant who became a Polish nobleman in 1685. He may have been confused with captain John Lawson [SSNE 6462] who was also ennobled at this time

R. Frost, "Scottish soldiers, Poland-Lithuania and the Thirty Years' War" in S. Murdoch ed. Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (Brill, 2001), p.211.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA,

Arrived 1685-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY