Russia Prince Andrei Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia Check for £5 1936

# 9455; Midlands Bank cheque signed by the Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia; the first son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. He was also the eldest nephew of Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar. Born and raised in Imperial Russia during the reign of his uncle Nicholas II, his military career in the Russian navy and the Chevalier guards was cut short by the Russian Revolution. He escaped the fate of many of his relatives killed by the Bolsheviks, fleeing to his parents' estate in Crimea. In December 1918, he left Russia with his wife and his father. After brief spent in France, he settled in England in the household of his mother.