[2] The Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae (1928) states: The Scottish Church at Rotterdam is one of the most interesting on the Continent.

It was the central place of worship for the Scottish Brigade, consisting of three regiments, raised in 1572 for service in the Netherlands under the Earl of Leicester, and left by him there when he returned to England.

They were always recruited from Scotland, and in 1688, as the earliest standing army in Europe, they formed the nucleus of William the Third's forces.

Amongst others, Richard Cameron was set apart to the ministry by Brown of Wamphray and Robert MacWard who (with his hand still upon Cameron's head) is said to have uttered the prophecy, fulfilled within a year: "Here is the head of a faithful minister and servant of Jesus Christ, who shall lose the same for his Master's interest."

[3] In 1722 the church was extended with a special almshouse for widows and orphans of fallen Scots soldiers.