GOODFELLOW, CHARLES [SSNE 1061]

Surname

GOODFELLOW

First name

CHARLES

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

Charles Goodfellow served first in Moscow in 1695 as an agent of Hudson's Bay Co., and never relinquished that post. In April 1699 he was employed as a factor by the tobacco companies and traded as an independent in flax, hemp and potash. In September 1699 he was appointed Consul-General and Minister. He returned to England in 1714 where he traded as Goodfellow, Ransom and Parsons, Russia Merchants. 

Source: L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.196-197; A. G. Cross, By the Banks of the Neva (Cambridge, 1997), pp.51-53, 93.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, RUSSIA

Arrived 1699-09-01

Departed 1714-12-31

Capacity CONSUL-GENERAL, COMMERCIAL FACTOR, purpose DIPLOMACY, TRADE, MERCANTILE