RUSSEL, DAVID [SSNE 97]

Surname

RUSSEL, ROSSEL, ROSS, ROSCHELL,

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

LT. COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

Lind and Riis give conflicting information about David Russel's rank and service dates. However, Russel was married to Catharina who settled in Elsinore about 1633. She had to pay her husband's debts after his death and eventually asked the Government to intervene which it did in 1642. Legal action was taken against Russel's former ensign Christian Machabæus who owed Russel 100 rixdollers.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.116; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1625-02-18, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1627-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, SKANSKE REGIMENT

Arrived 1628-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1629-07-11, as LT. COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY