ERSKINE, ALEXANDER [SSNE 8044]

Surname

ERSKINE, ARESKEN, ARSKYN

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Erskine was one of the original captains of Colonel Buccleuch’s [SSNE 5010] regiment in the Scots-Dutch Brigade. He took oath on 28 January 1604. He commanded 150 men with a salary of £1925, but in actuality this number may have been only 62 men. He was dead by 19 January 1606 and was succeeded by George Bothwell.

 

Sources:

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp. 64, 66, 67, 70.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, BUCCLEUCH

Arrived 1604-01-28, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1606-01-19, as DECEASED

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY