SCROOP, JOHN [SSNE 3930]

Surname

SCROOP

First name

JOHN

Nationality

BRITISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994; The evidence that Scroop is an officer is drawn only from the fact that he is mentioned in Royal correspondence between the Tsar and Charles I.

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1620-05-01

Departed 1622-12-31

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY