GORDON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 3910]

Surname

GORDON

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ABERDEEN

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Gordon was the younger brother of Thomas Gordon, captain of 'Marr Maid' of Aberdeen (he later became a Russian admiral). In 1691 Alexander came to Moscow to stay with Patrick and later became an ensign. In 1710, a Thomas Gordon (a son of this Alexander?) was baptized in the British chapel at Moscow.

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

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1691-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1691-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY