Dmitri Rudolf Peacock

Dmitri Rudolf Peacock (26 September 1842 – 23 May 1892), born in the Russian Empire, was a philologist, diplomat and explorer of the Caucasus.

Peacock was born on 26 September 1842 in the village of Shakhmanovka, district of Kozlov, in the government of Tambov, Russian Empire; he was the son of Charles Peacock, estate manager, and his wife Concordia née Schlegel.

[1] On 25 October 1881 he was appointed vice-consul at Batumi, which had become important in consequence of its annexation by Russia.

[1] He was well acquainted with the languages and customs of the inhabitants in the mountains of the Caucasus, among whom he had established such friendly relations that he was admitted into their most remote fastnesses.

According to the Levantine Herald, as quoted by The Athenaeum, he wrote a book on the Caucasus which was not approved by the Foreign Office; his widow promised to publish it, but it is not known whether it appeared.