Samuel Greig [SEP] place of death
Samuel Greig
Samuel Greig, or Samuil Karlovich Greig (), as he was known in Russia (30 November 1735, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland – 15 October 1788, Tallinn, Estonia, Russian Empire) was a Scottish-born Russian admiral who distinguished himself in the Battle of Chesma (1770) and the Battle of Hogland (1788). His son Alexey Greig also made a spectacular career in the Imperial Russian Navy.
Early life.
He was born on 30 November 1735 in the burgh of Inverkeithing
Union. In Edinburgh he lived at 11 Salisbury Place in the South Side.
In 1850 he removed to Dundee, where he occasionally preached.
Family.
He married, first, at Stockholm, on 31 August 1809, Katrine Margarete Hollinder, who died 7 March 1813, leaving two children, one of whom, Dr. George, born 18 March 1811, became congregational minister at Tiverton. Paterson married, secondly, on 19 April 1817, Jane, daughter of Admiral Samuel Greig, of the Russian navy;