ROBERTSON, DAVID [SSNE 4047]

Surname
ROBERTSON
First name
DAVID
Title/rank
SUB RUITMASTER
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

David Robertson was a "sub-ruitmaster" (probably a under-master of horse) in the Swedish forces who went to Muscovy under Alexander Leslie [SSNE 2916] in 1632 and fought in the Russian army

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996); (RGADA,f.210,op.1,No.78)

Service record

RUSSIA, ALEXANDER LESLIE
Arrived 1632-01-01, as SUB RUITMASTER
Departed 1634-12-31
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY