Simon Sidamon-Eristoff
Prince Simon Sidamon-Eristavi (
Biography
Simon Sidamon-Eristavi was born in
Family
Sidamon-Eristavi was married twice. He wed his first wife Tamara Sidamon-Eristavi in Moscow in 1913 and had a daughter Irina by her. In 1926, Simon Sidamon-Eristavi, then a widower, married, in New York City, his second wife, Anne Tracy (1890–1978), a descendant of John Bigelow, an American diplomat in the mid-19th century. They had a son, Constantine, and a daughter, Anne. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff was a lawyer, an environmental advocate and a New York City Transportation Administrator. Constantine's eldest son Simon is a land conservation lawyer and Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. His younger son Andrew was a Republican Party politician in New York and was New Jersey State Treasurer from 2010 to 2015.[1][2] Simon Sidamon-Eristavi's memoirs were published by his son Constantine in 2004.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, Environmental Advocate, Dies at 81. The New York Times. December 29, 2011.
- ^ a b (in Russian) Grebelsky, P. Kh., Dumin, S.V., Lapin, V.V. (1993), Дворянские роды Российской империи. Том 4: Князья Царства Грузинского. ("Noble families of the Russian Empire. Vol. 4: Princes of the Kingdom of Georgia"), p. 201. Vesti.
- ^ Sidamon-Eristoff, Simon C. (2004), For my grandchildren: the memoirs of Colonel Prince Simon C. Sidamon-Eristoff: 1891-1964. New York.