LANDELLS, ALEXANDER [SSNE 3965]

Surname

LANDELLS, LANGDALE, LANGDALES

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

LT. COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

In 1661 Alexander Langdale was with William Airth and other Scots who left Swedish service for Russia on the advice of Patrick Gordon. He was first a major, then a lieutenant colonel in Gordon's dragoon regiment. He was killed by a Turkish bomb during the defence of Chigirin.

W. Barnhill and P. Dukes, 'North-east Scots in Muscovy in the seventeenth century' in Northern Scotland, vol. 1, no. 1, 1972, pp.49-63.

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1661-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1678-12-31, as LT. COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY