Samuel Vetch
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 291 years ago |
Date of birth | December 9,1668 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Edinburgh |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 30,1732 |
Died | King's Bench Prison |
United Kingdom | |
Service/branch | Royal Scots Greys |
Parents | Marion Veitch |
William Veitch | |
Battles and wars | Nine Years' War |
Battle of Steenkerque | |
Previous position | Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1715–1717), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1710–1712) |
Grandchildren | William Bayard, Sr. |
Robert Bayard | |
Great grandchild | William Bayard Jr. |
Catherine Bayard | |
Robert Bayard | |
Children | Alida Bayard |
Current partner | Margaret Livingston |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1011455 |
Samuel Vetch Life story
Samuel Vetch was a Scottish soldier and colonial governor of Nova Scotia. He was a leading figure in the Darien scheme, a failed Scottish attempt to colonise the Isthmus of Panama in the late 1690s.