ABERCROMBIE, ALEXANDER [SSNE 8107]
- Surname
- ABERCROMBIE, ABERCROMBY, ABERCRUMBIE
- First name
- ALEXANDER
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN, RITMEESTER
- Nationality
- SCOT
Text source
Alexander Abercrombie was a cavalry officer in the Dutch army. He commanded 100 cuirassiers in Nijmegen from 22 November 1638 until around 2 December 1642, when he seems to have been succeeded by one George Hume. Abercrombie appears to have been transferred to Friesland, as his name appears in the States of War for 1644 for that province.
Sources:
Dr. Ir. J. MacLean, De Huwelijksintekeningen Van Schotse Militairen in Nederland: 1574-1665 (Zutphen, 1976), pp. 217-219, 337.
F.J.G Ten Raa and F. De Bas, Het Staatsche Leger 1568-1795: onder toezicht van den Chef van
den Generalen Staf, Deel IV, 1625-1648 (Breda: Nijhoff, 1918), p. 199
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag. Inventaris van het archief van de Staten-Generaal: 1.01.02, No. 8054. Staten van Oorlog, 1644.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE DUTCH ARMY, NIJMEGEN and FRIESLAND
- Arrived 1638-11-22, as CAPTAIN, RITMEESTER
- Departed 1644-12-31, as ?
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY