ASHTON, HENRY [SSNE 3215]

Surname

ASHTON

First name

HENRY

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Henry Ashton left Moscow in 1631 and hired officers abroad while posing as a colonel. On his return to Moscow he told Mikhail that Charles had promoted him. It appears that neither Ashton or the officers he recruited were taken into Russian service.

G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994.

Service record

ENGLAND, RUSSIA

Arrived 1631-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1632-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity UNEMPLOYED, purpose MILITARY