BRETTON, SPENCER [SSNE 3026]
Text source
Spencer Bretton was the representative of the English Parliament in Russia in 1647. King Charles I went along with his position as official agent until he [Charles] escaped from Parliamentary captivity
G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994.
English Civil War
Service record
- ENGLAND, RUSSIA
- Arrived 1647-03-01
- Departed 1647-06-01
- Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY