CARMICHAEL, RICHARD [SSNE 3821]

Surname

CARMICHAEL

First name

RICHARD

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Richard Carmichael became captain of a company in 1632 containing 'Sub Ruitmaster' Walter Carmichael and Corporal John Carmichael, probably his relatives. As a major, Richard was expelled from Russia with his family in 1642 for conspiring to murder Dyak Vasily Rtishchev.

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996); (Fedosov's sources; RGADA, f.120, op.1, No.78 & f.150, op.1, 1642, No.4)

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1632-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1642-12-31, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY