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=Sri Lanka&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]