GORDON, THEODORE [SSNE 3906]

Surname

GORDON

First name

THEODORE

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Theodore Gordon (1681-1739) was Patrick Gordon's third son. He was a student with the Jesuits in Eastern Prussia, then an ensign in his father's regiment. During the Great Northern War he was promoted to colonel. His son, interpreter at the Admiralty College and Academy of Sciences, sold Patrick's diary to Count Stroganov in 1759.

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1700-01-01, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY