LEARMONTH, GEORGE [SSNE 3968]

Surname

LEARMONTH, LERMONTH, LERMONT, LERMOND, LERMUND, LERMUNDH, LEIRMONT, LEARMOND, LEERMONTH

First name

GEORGE

Title/rank

CAPTAIN OF HORSE

Nationality

SCOT

Region

DARSIE, FIFE

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

George Learmonth (f.1593-1634) was an ensign in 1613. He crossed over from Polish service to Russian service with other Scots in the Polish garrison of Belaya. He served under Prince Pozharsky and was granted land near Galich. He served as a captain of horse in the war with Poland-Lithuania and was killed at the siege of Smolensk. He had three sons: William [SSNE 3969], Henry(Andrey) [SSNE 3970] and Peter [SSNE 3971] who all served in the Russian army

R. Frost, "Scottish soldiers, Poland-Lithuania and the Thirty Years' War" in S. Murdoch ed. Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (Brill, 2001), p.201; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996), p.67.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA,

Arrived 1612-01-01, as OFFICER

Departed 1612-12-31, as OFFICER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

RUSSIA, PRINCE POZHARSKY

Arrived 1613-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1634-12-31, as CAPT OF HORSE

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY