Alexandre Glebov

Alexander Ivanovich Glebov (, 1722–1790) was a Russian statesman, Prosecutor General of the Governing Senate in 1761–64, owner of the Vinogradovo Estate. He lost his position due to bribery.

Biography He was born on September 6, 1722, in the noble family of the Glebovs.

At the age of fifteen, he was assigned a sergeant in the Butyrka Infantry Regiment, in which he stormed the Turkish fortress of Ochakov; on August 17, 1739, in the Battle of Stavuchany, in the rank of lieutenant, he commanded a small detachment, showing outstanding courage and ingenuity. In this battle he was seriously wounded.

He was in military service until 1749, after which he transferred to the "state" in the rank of collegiate assessor. He managed to win the trust of an important Elizabethan dignitary, Count Peter Shuvalov, who took him under his patronage. Thanks to the count, Glebov took the post of Chief Secretary of the Senate in 1754, and two years later became Chief Prosecutor.

In November 1758, he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna, and on August 16, 1760, he was appointed General Kriegskommissar. Unlike Prince Yakov Shakhovsky, Alexander Glebov performed his duties not so zealously, which especially affected the supply of the army during the war with Prussia.

On December 25, 1761, Peter III, who had just ascended the throne, appointed Alexander Glebov as Prosecutor General of the Senate. In 1775, he received a new appointment – became the Smolensk and Belgorod Governor–General. But already the next year, the audit revealed serious abuses and embezzlements in the Main Kriegskommissariat, perpetrated during Glebov's leadership.

On the instructions of Catherine II, a special Investigative Commission was formed, and in June 1776 Glebov was summoned from the governorship to the capital, and then he was removed from all posts "even on matters concerning him, the decision will follow". and was buried in the Vladimir Church in Vinogradovo, the author of which is considered Matvey Kazakov, according to other sources – Vasily Bazhenov.

Family He was married three times: Since 1744, on Evdokia Zybina (1709–1746); Since 1756, on Marya Gendrikova (1723–19 March 1756), the widow of Nikolai Choglokov, the Chief of the Hoffmeister, favorite and cousin of Empress Elizabeth, died a month and a half after the wedding; Since 1773, on Daria Franz, née von Nicolai (February 5, 1731 – May 28, 1790); because of the marriage with her, Catherine II ordered not to allow Alexander Glebov to the court.

Glebov did not have his own children, his Vinogradov Estate was inherited by the daughter of Daria Franz from her first marriage, Elizabeth, whom the Suvorov brigadier Ivan Benkendorf, uncle of the Chief of Gendarmes Alexander Benkendorf, took as his wife.