all mines and foundries in Karelia, including the mines at Petrozavodsk (Olonets Province, Russia). He improved many existing Russian iron foundries and built new ones, and also advancing the Russian's cannon-manufacturing techniques. He established the first machine presses at the Saint Petersburg Mint, although the project was ultimately completed by Matthew Boulton. Personal life He had three daughters by his first wife: Anne, who married Thomas Hamilton, 7th Earl of Haddington, in 1786; Elizabeth, who married an MP, George Augustus Pollen; and Maria, who married . He married his second wife, Anastasia Jessie Guthrie (1782-1855), daughter of Dr. Matthew Guthrie, in 1797, when she was only 15, and he was 59. Death He died in July 1806 in Kolpino near St. Petersburg, and was buried in Petrozavodsk. Legacy His reputation has undergone many revisions. In Britain, he was seen as a traitor. In Russia, particularly in the Soviet period, he was suspected as a self-seeking capitalist and an industrial spy. See also Abbotshaugh Community Woodland References Charles Gascoigne – The Darling of Carron Works Charles Gascoigne – К. К. Гаскойн – a Russian language article from Olonetskiie Gubernskiie Vegomosti, 1843, No. 13 Falkirk Local History Society Britons in Karelia Francis Steuart, Scottish Influences in Russian History, Glasgow, 1913, extracts (p.129-131) Charles Gascoigne, a Scot remembered in Petrozavodsk 1738 births 1806 deaths English businesspeople Russian people of English descent British East India Company people Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class