CARR, JOHN [SSNE 3825]

Surname

CARR, KERR, KAR

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

?

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

John Kerr came to Moscow in 1615 with his uncle John Shaw and others, and began to serve the Tsar. He married but died shortly and was succeeded by his brother Thomas [SSNE 3827]

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, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1615-01-01

Departed 1616-12-31

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY