HUME, ALEXANDER [SSNE 4827]

Surname

HUME

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

Alexander Hume (1644-1676) was the 2nd son of Sir Patrick Hume, by Christina, daughter of Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick and Ballencreif, kt. [SSNE 380]. Alexander He served as a colonel in the Russian Army and died unmarried in Moscow in 1676

Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage (8 vols., Edinburgh, 1904-1911), VI, p.12; M. Warrender, Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth (Edinburgh, MDCCCXCIV), p.25.

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1660-01-01

Departed 1676-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY