CLARK, ALEXANDER [SSNE 3830]

Surname

CLARK, CLERCK, KLERK

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

GOLDSMITH

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

He was a goldsmith from Narva who worked for the Russian court and armoury from 1691. It is possible that Alexander was related to the Swedish-Scottish family of Clerck goldsmiths. Confer especially [SSNE 788]

Source: D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996); Landsarkiv i Visby, ViLA/10325, Jacob Clerck's Arkiv (p35).

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN COURT AND ARMOURY

Arrived 1691-01-01, as GOLDSMITH

Departed 1722-12-31

Capacity GOLDSMITH, purpose ROYAL SERVICE