David Ivanovich Orlov

David (Davyd) Ivanovich Orlov (Russian: Давид (Давыд) Иванович Орлов; 6 July 1840 – 24 August 1916) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant general and division commander. His son Ivan (1870–1918) married Elena de Struve, daughter of Karl von Struve. His daughter Varvara Davydovna (1870–1915) married the son of Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov.

David Ivanovich Orlov
Orlov with his daughter Mary.
Born	6 July 1840
Died	24 August 1916 (1916-08-25) (aged 76)
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Commands held	12th Cavalry Division 1st Don Cossack Division
Battles/wars	January Uprising Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Awards

• Order of Saint Anna, 4th class, 1863
• Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1866
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 2nd class, 1869
• Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1872
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1877
• Gold Sword for Bravery, 1877
• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1881
• Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1883
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1885
• Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1897

Preceded by Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov	Commander of the 12th Cavalry Division 1896–1898	Succeeded by Sergei Vasilchikov
Preceded by Ivan Alexeyevich Andriyanov	Commander of the 1st Don Cossack Division 1898–1900	Succeeded by Hippolyte Apollonovich Pozdeev

Sources

• Милорадович Г. А. Список лиц свиты их величеств с царствования императора Петра I по 1886 год. Чернигов, 1886, с.88.
• Список генералам по старшинству. Составлен по 1 мая 1901. СПб., с.205.
• Список генералам по старшинству. Часть I, II и III. Составлен по 1-е января 1910. СПб., 1910, с. 114.
• Д. И. Орлов