GORDON, ANDREY [SSNE 3909]

Surname

GORDON

First name

ANDREY

Text source

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996); in 1700 he was taken by the Swedes at Narva but escaped with a party of Russian prisoners who captured the ship transporting them from Stockholm to Gothenburg in 1711. He married a sister of Patrick's second wife. (Vedomosti vremeni Petra Velikago,II,StPetersburg, 1906,p.109).

Service record

RUSSIA, NARVA

Departed 1701-12-31, as LT. COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY