Alexey Nikolaevich Creighton (1866 - after 1917) - Colonel of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment, the last governor of Grodno .
Alexander Nikolaevich Creighton | |||||||
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Predecessor | Vadim Nikolaevich Shebeko | ||||||
Successor | position is liquidated | ||||||
Birth | September 13 (25) 1866 | ||||||
Death | unknown | ||||||
Rod | Creightons | ||||||
Father | Nikolai Vasilievich Creighton | ||||||
Spouse | Alexandra Georgievna Bobrikova | ||||||
Education | Page Corps | ||||||
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Biography
Anglican worship. From the nobility of the St. Petersburg province. The son of State Counselor Nikolai Vasilyevich Creighton (1825–1885), grandson of the physician-in-arms Archibald-William (Vasily Petrovich) Creighton (1791–1864). Brothers: Vladimir , statesman, and Sergey , a guard officer.
He graduated from the Page Corps (1886), was released as a lieutenant in the Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment .
Chinas: lieutenant (1891), staff captain (1897), captain (1899), colonel (1901).
In 1896 he was appointed clerk of the regimental court, commanded the company of His Majesty and the 5th company (1897), served as regimental treasurer, was a member of the regimental court (since 1897). In 1901 he retired with the rank of colonel with the right to wear his uniform and pension.
He was elected the leader of the nobility of the Krementsk district Volyn province . In 1903 he received the rank of court chamberlain . In the same year he joined the Ministry of the Interior .
Civil ranks: court councilor (1907), college councilor (1908), state councilor (1908), state councilor (1913).
In the Russian-Japanese war, he participated in the work of the Russian Red Cross Society . Then he served as Kherson (1908-1913) and Ryazan (1913-1916) vice-governor. In March 1916 he was appointed acting governor of Grodno , in May - approved in the post. In 1916 he received the title of honorary citizen of the city of Kremenets . He was evacuated to Petrograd , from where he continued to perform gubernatorial functions until January 1917.
After the revolution, repressed [1] .
Family
He was married to Alexandra Georgievna Bobrikova (1879 —?, Repressed [1] ), Maid of Honor, the daughter of General Bobrikov [2] . Their kids:
- Alexandra (1899—?), Repressed [1]
- George (1900—?)
- Peter (1905–?)
- Mary (1913—?)
Awards
- Order of St. Stanislav 3rd century. (1896);
- Order of St. Anne 3rd century. (1903);
- Order of St. Anne 2nd century. (1908);
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th century (1911).
- Medal "In memory of the reign of Emperor Alexander III" ;
- Medal "In memory of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II" ;
- Medal "For the works on the first general population census" (1897);
- The Red Cross Medal "In memory of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905" (1906) ;
- Medal "In Memory of the Russian-Japanese War" (1906) (1907);
- Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812" (1912);
- Medal "In Memory of the 300th Anniversary of the Reign of the House of Romanov" (1913);
- Medal "For the works on the excellent implementation of the general mobilization of 1914" (1915).
Foreign:
- Montenegrin Order of Prince Daniel I 4th century;
- Danish Order of Danebrog 4th century
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Return Names e-book (unavailable link)
- ↑ RGIA (inaccessible link)
Sources
- O.R. Freiman. Pages for 183 years (1711-1894). Biographies of the former pages with portraits. - Friedrichsgamn, 1894. - p. 726.
- Grodno Governors (1801–1917): Biographical Documentary Essays / T. Yu. Afanasyeva, R. F. Goryacheva, V. V. Shved. - Grodno, 2007. - p. 142-143.