AUCHTERLONY, JAMES [SSNE 1661]

Surname

AUCHTERLONY, AKHTONLONI, OCHTERLONY, AUCHTERLONIE, OCHTERLONIE

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

OFFICER

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

James Auchterlony served as a witness to the will of Alexander 11th Lord Forbes [SSNE 1616] in Stockholm in 1672. A Scots officer James "Akhtonloni" was mentioned in 17th.-century Russian pay registers. It is possible that they are the same man.

Sources: National Archives of Scotland, GD 52/1159. Copies of Testament of Alex Lord Forbes made at Stockholm, 6 April 1672. Reprinted in A. and H. Tayler, The House of Forbes (Bruceton Mills Edition, 1987), p.200; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996), p.5.

Service record

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 1672-04-06

Purpose MISC.

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY