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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
INDEX OF PERSONS.
Abercromby, Domina Margarita, 142.
Abercorn, James, first Earl of, 143.
Aberdeen, Countess of, (Anne, daughter
of George Lockhart of Torbrecks),
148, 149.
Aberdeen, George, first Earl of. Lord
Chancellor of Scotland, 83, 140, 142,
144, 146, 149, 154, 168, 178, 179,
182.
Adie, Bailie, of Aberdeen, 145, 154.
Adie, Mr., at Dantzic, 122, 154.
Airly, James, second Earl of, 141,
142, 143.
Airth, Walter, 42, 49.
Alexis Petrowitsch, Grand Duke of
Russia, 168.
Alexis I. (Michaelowitsch),Czarof Mus-
covy, 24, 39, 59, 90, 105, 164.
Alexander, Robert, in Westertoun of
Auchleuchries, 213.
Allan, Margaret, at the Kirk of
Crochdan (Cruden), 4.
Almais Ivanovitsch, the Dumny Chan-
cellor, 68, 70, 79, 84, 99.
Anderson, Colonel, 28.
Anne of Austria, Queen of France, 149.
Arbuthnot, Dominus Andreas, 108.
Arcziferski, the wife of the Podstarost,
22.
Argyle, the Earl of, 109, 140.
Arnheim, Captain John Van, 43.
Arquien, the Cardinal of, 32.
Artman, Frantz, of Saxen-Lavvenburg,
19.
Artistow, Fiodor Michaelowitz, 52.
Arthur, George, servitor to John Gor-
don of Auchleuchries, 213.
Ashley, Lord, 87.
Athole, the Marquis of, 141, 144.
Ayloffe, Mr. Benjamin, 66, 67, 68, 100,
101, 103.
Ayscue, Admiral Sir George, 73.
Ayscue, Captain, 74.
Baillie, Principal, 23.
Balheluy, Elisabeth, domina baronie
de, 198.
Bannerman, the wife of Captain Lidert
Lome, 51.
Barclay, Robert, author of the Apology
for the Quakers, 136.
Barde de Glencuthill, Georgius, 203.
Bartlman, Jacob, skipper, 5.
Battersly, Mr,, 85.
Baty, Willelmus, 203.
Becker, Mr. Herman, 66, 101, 102, 103.
Berclay, Willelmus de, dominus de Tolly,
197.
Berclay, Alexander, dominusde Kercow,
198.
Besobraszow, Andrei, governor of
Terki, 167.
Beverman, Widow, 113.
Bewett (Buat), Mr., 76, 96.
Bielinski, Count, great chamberlain
of Poland, 32.
Bieike, Graffe Steno, the Swedish am-
bassador at Warsaw, 33.
Bills, Major-General, 158.
Birney, James, merchant in Zamoisiz,
36.
Bisset of Lessindrum, Robert, 205.
Blackhall, Father, 8.
Blinsele. Robertus, burgensis de Abei-
dene, 199.
Bockhoven, Colonel Philip Albreciit
von, 54, 55, 61, 84, 87, 88, 89, 98,
99, 102, 159, 167.
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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