BAILLIE, THOMAS [SSNE 1662]

Surname

BAILLIE

First name

THOMAS

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Thomas Baillie served as a colonel in Russia during the 1660's. In 1670 he commanded a unit at Astrakhan where he was besieged by Razin's rebel cossacks and evidently lost his life there.

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996), p.6.

Service record

RUSSIA, ASTRAKHAN

Arrived 1660-01-01, as COLONEL

Departed 1670-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY