Grigory Alexandrovich Demidov

Grigory Alexandrovich Demidov (Russian: Григорий Александрович Демидов; 21 February 1765 – 31 January 1827) was a Russian nobleman.

He was a son of Aleksander Grigorivich Demidov (1737-1803) and his wife Praskovja Matveevna Olsufjeva (1780-1813), making him a nephew of Grigory Akinfievich Demidov. He initially served as an adjutant to Catherine II of Russia in a guards regiment. On 13 September 1797 he married princess Ekaterina Petrovna Lopukhina (11 April 1783-21 July 1830), daughter of Pyotr Lopukhin and his first wife Praskovja Ivanovna Levshina. They had six children:

• Nikita Grigorivich (26 June 1798-28 December 1813);
• Praskovja Grigorevna (1799-1840), married Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Bakhteev;
• Aleksandr Grigorivich (1803-1853);
• Pyotr Grigorivich (1807-1862);
• Pavel Grigorivich (1809-1858);
• Anna Grigorevna (1810-1840), sposò Aleksandr Yegorovič Engelhardt.

After his father's death in 1803 Grigory inherited a huge fortune. He was noted for his charity work and in 1817 he donated 410 books to the University of Moscow, including several rare works. He is buried at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.