GORDON, JAN JAKUB [SSNE 6543]
- Surname
- GORDON
- First name
- JAN JAKUB, JOHN JAMES
- Title/rank
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- Social status
- NOBILITY
- Education
- Religion
Text source
Jan Jakub Gordon had fought in the Polish-Lithuanian army as a hussar on the Vienna campaign. In 1689 he became a Polish nobleman.R. Frost, "Scottish soldiers, Poland-Lithuania and the Thirty Years' War" in S. Murdoch ed. Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (Brill, 2001), p.211.
Service record
- POLAND-LITHUANIA,
- Arrived 1689-01-01
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY