Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken

Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken
3rd Russian Ambassador to the United States
In office
1822–1826
Monarch Alexander I
Preceded by Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
Succeeded by Pavel Kridener
Personal details
Born 1772
The Hague, the Netherlands
Died 1826
Nationality Russian
Profession Diplomat

Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken (Russian: Фёдор Васильевич Тейль ван Сераскеркен), born Diederik Jacob van Tuyll van Serooskerken, was a Dutch nobleman who became a Russian major general and ambassador. He was one of the most important generals who fought during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

Biography

Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken was born in 1772 in The Hague, Holland. He served in the Dutch army until November 1803, but later joined the Imperial Russian Army and fought in the Napoleonic Wars as a Major General. After the war, he served various diplomatic positions for Russia in the Kingdom of Naples and Holy See. In 1822 he was appointed by Czar Aleksandr I to be the Russian Ambassador to the United States. He served until 1826, and died that same year during a sea voyage from his Washington posting.[1] He was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the St. Peter's Cemetery in April of 1826. His grave is unmarked as lies under a parking lot built on top of the cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "(Dutch)". Vantuyll.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  2. ↑ Gordon Douglas Pollock and Sharon Riel, “St. Peter's/St. Mary's Burial Registers”, Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia


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