David Drummond | |
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| Native name | David Drummond |
| Born | 1593 Belliclone, Perthshire, Kingdom of Scotland |
| Died | 1638 Spandau, Electorate of Brandenburg |
| Buried | Riddarholm Church, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Allegiance | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_Sweden.svg){kind=small} Sweden |
| Service | Foot |
| Years of service | 1617-1638 |
| Rank | Colonel, Major-General |
| Commands | Kalmar Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Polish–Swedish Wars 1621-1625 and 1626-1629
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| Awards | Knighthood, enfeoffment |
David Drummond (1593-1638), was a Scottish soldier who became a Swedish major-general, colonel and knight. He participated in the Polish–Swedish Wars 1621-1625 and 1625-1629 during which he rose from captain to colonel of Kalmar Regiment and was knighted in 1627. During the Thirty Years' War Drummond also became colonel of a German foot regiment in 1632 and major-general in 1634. He died of his wounds as a Prussian prisoner of war in 1638.[1]