ROBERTSON, WILLIAM [SSNE 4050]

Surname

ROBERTSON

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

SERGEANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

William Robertson was a Scottish officer who had been a sergeant in Austrian service. He came to Moscow in 1661 to seek temporary employment.

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996);(RGADA,f.150,op.1,1661,No.1)

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1661-01-01, as SERGEANT

Departed 1661-12-31, as SERGEANT

Capacity NCO, purpose MILITARY