LEARMONTH, PETER [SSNE 3971]
- Surname
- LEARMONTH, LERMONTH, LERMONT, LERMOND, LERMUND, LERMUNDH, LEIRMONT, LEARMOND, LEERMONTH
- First name
- PETER
- Title/rank
- MAJOR AND GOVERNOR
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
- Religion
- ORTHODOX
Text source
Peter Learmonth was the son of George Learmonth [SSNE 3968]. He became a major in Russian service and then converted to Orthodoxy. He also became the governor of Saransk but died in 1679. He had two sons, Peter [SSNE 6723] and Yury [SSNE 6724] who compiled the family history in 1688.
Sources: D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996), p.67; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), p.93.