HAMILTON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 3927]

Surname

HAMILTON

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

LT. COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

FENTON AND INNERWICK, EAST LOTHIAN

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Hamilton was the eldest son of Sir Alexander Hamilton of Fenton and Innerwick, East Lothian, (known in Scotland as 'Dear Sandy') [SSNE 380]. He served as a lieutenant colonel in Russia during the 1660s and obtained a birth-brief from the Privy Council of Scotland in 1670. In 1681 he was back in Scotland and petitioned for the rank of major in the militia. 

Sources: Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd series, III, 1669-1672, pp.143-144; J.M. Hartley, Guide to Documents and Manuscripts in the UK relating to Russia, (1987), p.82; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1670-01-01, as LT. COLONEL

Departed 1680-12-31, as LT. COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

STUART KINGDOMS, STUART ARMY IN SCOTLAND

Arrived 1681-01-01, as OFFICER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY