LIVINGSTONE, ALEXANDER [SSNE 3995]
- Surname
- LIVINGSTONE, LIVINGSTON, LEVISTON
- First name
- ALEXANDER
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- OFFICER
- Religion
- CATHOLIC
Text source
In 1666 Alexander Liningston (f.1640-1696) was captain in the Pereyaslav infantry regiment. In 1668 he was gravely wounded by mutineers in the Ukraine. In the 1680s he was a colonel, served in Kiev under Patrick Gordon. In 1684 he signed a petition to open the first Catholic church in Russia. He took part in the campaigns against the Crimea and Azov where he was killed by a Turkish bullet.D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996), p.71; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), p.103.
Service record
- RUSSIA, PEREYASLAV INFANTRY
- Arrived 1666-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1696-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY