Fermor (Russian nobility)
Fermor (Russian: Ферморы) is the name of noble family of Scottish origin.
| Fermor | |
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| Country | Russian Empire |
| Titles | Counts of the Russian Empire |
Notable members
- Count Villim Villimovich Fermor was an Imperial Russian Army officer best known for leading his country's army at the Battle of Zorndorf during the Seven Years’ War, he was born in 1702 in Pskov of Scottish and Lutheran Baltic German descent.
- Count Pavel Fedorovich Fermor(Павел Фермор), (Russian: Фермор, Павел Фёдорович, was an Russian Army, Lieutenant general and he was the first principal of the Alexander Military Law Academy from 1867 to 25.12.1875. He was commissioned as a Praporshchik from the Saint-Petersburg Nikolaev Military Engineering College in 1829. He served as a major in all campaigns during the Polish November Uprising in 1830 and 1831, and commanded Lithovian Saper battalion during the Battle of Olszynka Grochowska in February 1831. Shortly afterwards he was in commanded of the 2-nd Saper Battalion and led it through the subsequent Siege of Warsaw.
References
- Millar, Simon & Hook, Adam. Zorndorf 1758: Frederick Faces Holy Mother Russia. Osprey, 2003.
- Szabo, Franz A.J. The Seven Years War in Europe, 1756-1763. Pearson, 2008.
- Фермор, Павел Федорович // Русский биографический словарь : в 25 томах. — СПб.—М., 1896—1918.: Pavel Fedorovich Fermor in Russian Biographical Dictionary
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