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who was promoted to the rank of captain and given the astronomically high salary of 100 rubles per month. Also joining the same new formation cavalry regiment were two newly arrived kinsmen of Iurii
Lermont– John and Thomas Learmonth. Captain Iurii Lermont was given command of a company of 200 cavalrymen, mostly Russian provincial nobles and petty gentry, along with some foreigners who had recently converted to Russian Orthodox Christianity.
199:’s regiment. In 1610 Peter Learmonth served as a captain in the Swedish army that was invited by Tsar Vasilii Shuiskii to enter Russia to oppose Polish military intervention. At the battle of Klushino in June 1610 the large Swedish and Russian armies were decisively defeated by a small Polish army. After the battle, over 1500 foreign mercenary soldiers transferred their allegiance to the king of Poland–Lithuania, Sigismund III. In 1619
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Michael Learmonth became one of the first Scots to attempt to recruit Scottish soldiers for Sweden. It is therefore no surprise to find several Learmonths serving as officers under James Spens's command in the Swedish army. Among those officers was George Learmonth's outstanding kinsman, Peter Learmonth, who has occasionally been misidentified as the founder of the Lermontov family.
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Margaret Learmonth, and James Spens made serious efforts to hire his own kinsmen, including the Learmonths. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries many Learmonths served abroad in Continental armies, including those of Sweden, Poland–Lithuania, and Russia. In
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Scotorum familiis indita, Calder, Locart, Gordon, Setoun, Gallora, Laudir, Wawaim, Meldrun, Shaw, Leirmaont, Libert, Straquhyn, Cargil, Ratra, Doundas, Cocburn, Mar, Menzees, Abbercromme, Lesbei, Myrtoun multaque alia
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