GALLOWAY, CHRISTOPHER [SSNE 1048]

Surname

GALLOWAY, HALLOWAY, HOLLOWAY

First name

CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTOPHOROV

Nationality

SCOT

Region

HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN

Social status

CRAFTSMAN

Text source

Christopher Galloway is said by Jeremy Howard to have been of 'mysterious background'. He was probably descended from Christopher Galloway, a burgess in Haddington, East Lothian. He arrived in Russia in 1621 and remained active there until 1645. He was designated "Master of Horological and Hydrolic Matters" and constructed a clock for the Spasskii [or the Saviour's] Tower in the Kremlin wall.

J. Howard, 'The Scottish Kremlin Builder. Christopher Galloway; Clockmaker, Architect and Engineer to Tsar Mikhail, the first Romanov' (Edinburgh, 1997).

Service record

RUSSIA, MOSCOW

Arrived 1621-01-01

Departed 1645-12-31

Capacity CRAFTSMAN, purpose ROYAL SERVANT