Alexandre-Pierre de Mackensie-Douglas, baron de Kildin

Alexandre-Pierre de Mackensie-Douglas or Mackenzie-Douglas, baron de Kildin (1713-1765[1]) was a Jacobite in French service. According to the memoirs of the Chevalier d'Eon, King Louis XV of France sent d'Eon and Mackenzie-Douglas on a secret mission to Russia in order to meet Empress Elizabeth (reigned 1741-1762) and to conspire with the pro-French faction in Russia against the Habsburg monarchy[2]

He served as the official French chargé d'affaires in St Petersburg from 1755 to 1756 following the re-establishment of Franco-Russian diplomatic relations, which had been broken off in 1748.[3]

Mackensie-Douglas's tombstone was re-discovered in France in 2015.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Der Siebenjährige Krieg (1756–1763): Ein europäischer Weltkrieg..., p84
  2. ↑ Chevalier d'Eon, La Vie Militaire, politique, et privée de Mademoiselle d'Éon, 1779
  3. ↑ Papmehl, K.A. (2013) [1971]. Freedom of Expression in Eighteenth Century Russia. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. p. 13. ISBN 9789401191012. Retrieved 2018-03-30. [...] there was a break in [Russian] diplomatic relations with France between 1748 and 1755. Close political ties were resumed towards the end of 1756.
  4. ↑ Sous la pierre tombale reposait un espion, 29 January 2015
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