PALMER, RICHARD [SSNE 7846]
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Richard Palmer was seemingly a Scotsman who took service in Muscovy (Russia) during the 1660s.
Colonel Richard Palmer arrived in Moscow in September 1661, accompanied by "other military men" according to Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries [SSNE 3903]. Indeed, Dmitry Fedosov speculates whether Gordon initiated the contact given the close relationship between Gordon and Palmer. Patrick Gordon mentions in a letter to his wife, dated 9 May 1664, that she should pass on his greetings to "Mrs. Palmer".
According to Patrick Gordon Colonel Richard Palmer formed part of the Muscovite embassy to Persia in 1668, intended to supervise the construction of vessels to serve the shah against rebel Cossacks.
Source:
Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699, ed. Dmitry Fedosov, vol.2 (AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies University of Aberdeen, 2010), pp. 193 and 202.
Service record
- RUSSIA,
- Arrived 1661-01-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 0000-01-01
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- RUSSIA, PERSIA
- Arrived 1668-01-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 1668-12-31
- Capacity DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY