About Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky
Lived 1867 – 1951 (aged 83). Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky was a Russian military officer.
Prince Sergei Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (; 25 July 1867 – 20 April 1951) was a Russian aristocrat, general and member of the International Olympic Committee.
Career Sergei graduated from the Imperial Cadet Corps in 1887 and was gazetted as a cornet in the Life Guards. He was attached to the Russian embassies in Berlin and Paris. He left military service in 1894 but returned in 1895. Between 1896 and 1905, he served as aide-de-camp to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. His open coffin lay in state in Tonbridge Parish Church the night before the funeral, in accordance with Russian Orthodox tradition, permission having been granted by canon Russell White.
Prince Sergei was a keen sportsman. He was one of the founders of the St Petersburg Sports Club and was Russian representative on the International Olympic Committee between 1900 and 1908. Prince Sergei married Susan Tucker Whittier (1874–1934), daughter of Charles A. Whittier of Boston. Together, Sergei and Susan were the parents of two children:
Sergei "Serge" Sergeivich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1895–1978), who married in November 1943 Florence Crane Robinson (1890–1969), the former wife of William Albert Robinson, navigator and philanthropist, and daughter of Richard T. Crane Jr. Andrei "Andre" Sergeivich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1909–1961), a bachelor who was head of the "incoming news section" of the BBC.
Belosselsky-Belozersky died on April 20, 1951, in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
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Who was Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky?
Russian aristocrat and general (1867–1951)
When was Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky born?
Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky was born on 25 July 1867 in Russian Empire.
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Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky died on 20 April 1951 in Tonbridge.
What was Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky's occupation?
Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky was a military officer.
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Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky was Russian.
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