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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
224 INDEX OF PERSONS.
Ebler, Durick, shipmaster, 68.
Egler, Christian, an apothecary, 113.
Eglinton, the Earl of, 144.
Ellei?, George, 207, 208, 209.
Ellon, schoolmasters of, 4.
Elphinstone, James, 26.
Elphinstone of Meikle Wartle, Alex-
ander, 148.
Elphinstone of Wartle, James, 215.
Ent, Sir George, President of the Col-
lege of Physicians in London, 86.
Erskine, Jean, wife of John Lesley of
Balquhain, 26, 29.
Erskine, Alexander, Master of, 26,
29.
Erskine de Brechin, Thomas, 202.
Erroll, the Countess of, 131, 142, 147,
215, 217.
Erroll, the Earl of, 141, 142, 144, 147,
154, 168, 209, 212, 214, 217.
Eustachius, a translator at Moscow,
159.
Farquhar, Robert, at Posen, 16.
Farserson, Lady Mary, wife of Thomas
Menzies of Balgownie, 31.
Ferdinand IL, Emperor of Germany,
22, 26, 99.
Fergusone, Alexander, 199.
Ferguson, James, at Posen, 16.
Fersen, Lieutenant-General Fabian de,
governor of Riga, 67.
Feversham, the Earl of, 135, 138.
Fithak, St., an Irish recluse, patron of
the parish of Nigg, 149.
Fletcher, Giles, English envoy to
Muscovy, 68.
Forbes, Captain, 28, 29.
Forbes, Father James, (Mr. Marr), 131,
133, 142.
Forbes of Blackburn, Abraham, 204.
Forbes, Mr., 116, 175.
Forbes, Thomas, son of Sir John
Forbes of Watertoun, 147, 149, 175,
180, 214.
Forbes of Watertoun, Sir John, 147,
214.
Forbes, Robertus, 201.
Forbes, Margaret, wife of John Gor-
don, younger of Auchleuchries, 210,
211.
Forbes, Thomas, servitor to George
Patoun of Grandhome, 212.
Forbes, Thomas, advocate in Aber-
deen, 214.
Forret, Colonel, 55, 100.
Foster, Mr., 122.
Eraser de Forglen, Johannes, 197.
Eraser, Thomas, dominus de Corntoun,
197.
Eraser, Jacobus, dominus deFerendracht,
197, 198.
Eraser, Alexander, dominus de Fillortht,
vicecomes de Abirdene, 198.
Eraser, Margareta, domina de Arden-
dracht et Auchleuchry, 198.
Prazer, Mr. Alexander, schoolmaster
at Cruden, 5.
Frazer, Mr., 77, 113, 116, 154, 162,
163.
Frazer of Durris, Sir Alexander, 89,
Fultoun, Donaldus, 202.
FuUerton, Major, 25.
Fullerton of Dudwick, Colonel, 146.
Gairdin, Robert, servant to James
Middleton, notary public, 213.
Ganseroski, a Lithuanian officer, 53.
Gardie, Count Pontus de la, 22.
Gardin, Rittmaster, 17, 18, 22.
Gardin, Major, 18.
Garioch, Alexander, in Crovvdan, 5.
Gellentin, Mr., 99, 101, 102, 103.
George, John, son to William George,
boatman of Rothiemay, 214.
Gibson, Mr., 96.
Glanvile, Mr., 80, 95, 99, 100.
Glamys, Patricius, dominus de, 198.
Glaramis, John, Lord, 200, 204.
Glasgow, the Archbishop of, 133, 184.
Glastir de Glak, Alexander, 198, 199.
Godsman, George, in Westertoun of
Auchleuchries, 214.
Godsman, Alexander, servitor to
George Gordone in Westertoune,
Gordon was brought up and remained a lifelong Roman Catholic, at a time when the Church was being persecuted in Scotland. At age of fifteen, he entered the Jesuit college at Braunsberg, East Prussia, then part of Poland. In 1661, after many years experiences as a soldier of fortune, he joined the Russian army under Tsar Aleksei I, and in 1665 was sent on a special mission to England. After his return, he distinguished himself in several wars against the Turks and Tatars in southern Russia. In recognition of his service he was promoted to major-general in 1678, was appointed to the high command at Kiev in 1679, and in 1683 was made lieutenant-general. In 1687 and 1689 he took part in expeditions against the Tatars in the Crimea, being made a full general. Later in 1689, a revolution broke out in Moscow, and with the troops under his command, Gordon virtually decided events in favor of Peter the Great against the Regent, Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna. Consequently, he was for the remainder of his life in high favor with the Tsar, who confided to him the command of his capital during his absence from Russia. In 1696, Gordon's design of a "moveable rampart" played a key role in helping the Russians take Azov. One of Gordon's convinced the Tsars to establish the first Roman Catholic church and school in Muscovy, of which he remained the main benefactor and headed the Catholic community in Russia until his death. For his services his second son James, brigadier of the Russian army, was created Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1701. At the end of his life the Tsar, who had visited Gordon frequently during his illness, was with him when he died, and with his own hands closed his eyes. General Gordon left behind him a uniquely detailed diary of his life and times, written in English. This is preserved in manuscript in the Russian State Military Archive in Moscow. Passages from the Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries (1635–1699) was printed, under the editorship of Joseph Robertson, for the Spalding Club, at Aberdeen, Scotland, 1859.
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