ELPHINSTONE, GABRIEL [SSNE 3869]

Surname

ELPHINSTONE

First name

GABRIEL

Title/rank

CAPTAIN, DOCTOR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Gabriel Elphinstone was the "Valiant Scottish captaine" who served in Denmark, and Sweden, and took part in an expedition in search of a northeast passage to China. He was captured in Siberia by Tartars and escaped to Moscow, around 1581-5. He joined the Tsar's army and is probably the same as the Scot Gabriel (died circa 1605) captain of the guard and physician to Tsar Boris Godunov.

D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996).

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1581-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1605-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN AND DENMARK, ARMY

Departed 1580-12-31

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY