CARR, ROBERT [SSNE 3824]

Surname

CARR, KERR, KAR

First name

ROBERT

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

In 1610, Robert Kerr commanded a company of mercenary cavalry at Klushino where the Russians were beaten by the Poles

G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996)p.19.

Service record

RUSSIA, KLUSHINO

Arrived 1610-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1610-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY