CARR, THOMAS [SSNE 3827]

Surname

CARR, KERR, KAR

First name

THOMAS

Title/rank

?

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Thomas Carr, a brother of John [SSNE 3825] and Robert [SSNE 3826], was "a foreigner of Scottish land",and founder of the Russian noble family of Kar. He was granted an estate near Nizhny Novgorod in 1625. His sons Gabriel [SSNE 3919] and Philip [SSNE 3208]converted to Orthodoxy

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 1625-01-01

Departed 1660-12-31

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY