BAILLIE, THOMAS [SSNE 1662]

Surname
BAILLIE
First name
THOMAS
Title/rank
COLONEL
Nationality
SCOT
Region
Social status
OFFICER
Education
Religion

Text source

Thomas Baillie served as a colonel in Russia during the 1660's. In 1670 he commanded a unit at Astrakhan where he was besieged by Razin's rebel cossacks and evidently lost his life there.

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996), p.6.

Service record

RUSSIA, ASTRAKHAN
Arrived 1660-01-01, as COLONEL
Departed 1670-12-31, as COLONEL
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY