Lev Fedorowitsch Girard de Soucanton

Coat of arms of the Girard de Soucanton (1882)

Lev Fedorowitsch Girard de Soucanton ( Russian : Лев Фёдорович Жирар-де-Сукантон; born June 19, 1855 in Saint Petersburg , † January 1918 in Tambow ) was a German-Baltic nobleman and major general of the Imperial Russian Army .

Life

He passed his matriculation examination at the private Karl May grammar school , after which he studied from 1870 to 1875. His military career began on September 1, 1875 in the rank of cadet at the Nicholas Cavalry School. In 1877 he joined his active military service in the Guards - regiment to horses, from December 1880 to May 1881 he was a member of the regimental court and was on April 12, 1881 to lieutenant promoted. After passing his entrance exam in 1881, he was admitted to the General Staff Course at the General Staff Academy and left it in October 1882. In February 1883 he was transferred to the telegraph force and trained as a telecommunications officer. He then returned to his regiment and was promoted to staff captain in 1887 . Several uses followed at shorter intervals:

March-August 1888 cavalry - officer in the Guards Cavalry Reserve
January 1892 to March 1893 commanding a squadron
August to November 1892 regimental training director
November 1892 to August 1893 Rittmeister in the Imperial Squadron
From September 1896 regimental assistant and December 1896 promotion to colonel
From March 1903 commander of the 4th Leib Dragoon Regiment
In 1905, by the highest decree , he was promoted to major general and took over command and control of the Leibgarde Kürasier Regiment .
In May 1906 he was in the entourage of his Majesty the Tsar added
On May 24, 1907, he was appointed commander of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Guard, he remained in the wake of His Majesty the Tsar
He was used during the First World War.

Over death LF Girard de Soucanton there are different views, the official is that he one in January 1916 injury suffered. He was then treated in the hospital and continued his recovery at home in Gatchina . From there he moved to Tambow and is said to have contracted typhus there . He died in January 1918, his grave is unknown.

Awards

LF Girard de Soucanton has been decorated with Russian and foreign medals for his services :

1891 Russian Order of St. Stanislaus , 3rd class
1894 Russian Order of Saint Anne , 3rd class
1897 Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd class
1901 Russian Order of Saint Anne, 2nd class
1909 Russian Order of St. Vladimir , 3rd class
1912 Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class
1914 Russian Order of Saint Anne, 1st class
1916 Russian Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class with swords

1895 Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Merit , 2nd class
1896 Star of the Noble House of Bukhara , 3rd class
1896 Siamese White Elephant Order , 3rd Class (1896)
1897 Officer's Cross of the French Legion of Honor (1897)
1897 Bavarian Military Merit Cross , 1st class
1906 Persian Order of the Sun and Lion , 1st class

Origin and family

His father was the Russian Colonel Theodolph Ivanovich Girard de Soucanton (* 1812 in Reval, † 1878 in Saint Petersburg ), who served in the Semyonovskoye bodyguard regiment. He was married to Julie Emilie Oesterreich (1819-1894). LF Girard de Soucanton married Olga Alexandrowna Scalon (* around 1866, † around 1940 in London ), their descendants were Leo Roman Baron Girard de Soucanton (* 1886, † 1934 in Harbin ), Olga Baroness Girard de Soucanton († 1961 in London) and Julie Girard de Soucanton (* 1896, † 1966 in London) ∞ Leonid Alexandrowitsch Ereminsky (* 1890 in Belarus , † 1944 in Surrey ).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ "One of the most famous and longest existing private schools in Russia was founded in St. Petersburg in 1856 by the Russian educator of German descent Karl Johann May (1820–1895)." In: Ekaterina Egorova: The education system in Russia from the point of view of individualization. Georg Olms Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-487-15480-0 , p. 62/63 (books.google.de , accessed on May 17, 2019.)
↑ His Majesty's Allegiance = Svita (His Imperial Majesty's Retinue)

personal data
SURNAME	Girard de Soucanton, Lev Fedorovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian major general
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH	January 1918
Place of death	Tambov

[1] "One of the most famous and longest existing private schools in Russia was founded in St. Petersburg in 1856 by the Russian educator of German descent Karl Johann May (1820–1895)." In: Ekaterina Egorova: The education system in Russia from the point of view of individualization. Georg Olms Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-487-15480-0 , p. 62/63 (books.google.de , accessed on May 17, 2019.)

[2] His Majesty's Allegiance = Svita (His Imperial Majesty's Retinue)