Sergey Khovansky

Prince Sergey Nikolaevich Khovansky (October 3, 1767 – March 26 (or 29), 1817, Arkhangelskoye, Stavropol District, Simbirsk Governorate) was an Actual State Councillor, governor of Simbirsk in 1802–1808.

Biography
From the Russian princely family Khovansky. One of the grandchildren of Prince Vasily Khovansky; elder brother of Nikolai and Alexander Khovansky. From the age of 5 he was brought up in the Land Cadet Corps. In 1787, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant and sent to General–in–Chief Yuri Dolgorukov. In 1792, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

In May 1797, he entered the civil service with the rank of collegiate counselor. On December 19, 1798, he was appointed Vice–Governor of the Vladimir Province under the Governor of Ivan Dolgorukov. Subsequently, he recalled Khovansky as a "good fellow" who tried to give him "every pleasure and distraction" and with whom they "communicated like brothers".

Having positively established himself in Vladimir, on May 21, 1800, he was promoted to State Councillor, and on July 19, 1802, he was appointed Governor of Simbirsk.

On June 24, 1804, he was promoted to Actual State Councillor.

On March 14, 1808, he was awarded the Order of Saint Anna of the 1st Degree and was appointed Governor of Minsk.

On December 4, 1808, he was dismissed from the post of governor due to illness.

He lived on his wife's estates, in the village of Arkhangelskoye and the village of Botma, Stavropol District, Simbirsk Governorate.

He died on 26 (according to other sources, 29) March, 1817, from consumption. He was buried at the cemetery of the Intercession Monastery in Simbirsk.

Family
Prince Sergey Khovansky since 1805 was married to the widow of the Kazan Governor Ekaterina Aplecheeva (November 10, 1780 – April 16, 1836), née Naumova.

Children:
 * Yuri (March 3, 1806 – January 9, 1868), chamber junker, collegiate assessor, married to Ekaterina Ivasheva, daughter of Peter Ivashev, had a daughter Maria, married to the nobleman Alexander Shishkov;
 * Sergey (March 9, 1813 – December 1, 1853), collegiate registrar;
 * Alexander (May 29, 1814 – January 7, 1885), collegiate secretary, leader of the nobility of the Chistopol District, the ancestor of all the current princes of the Khovansky, including Askold Georgievich;
 * Sophia (October 3, 1810 – April 29, 1867), married to the Saint Petersburg Chief of Police Sergei Kokoshkin;
 * Maria (March 20, 1812 – 1837), married to the general from the cavalry Alexander Baggovut.