Carl August de Gersdorff (1865-1944)

Carl was born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and died in Manhattan, New York in 1944. He was the son of Dr. Ernst Bruno von Gersdorff and married Helen Suzette Crowninshield of the Boston Brahmin Crowninshield family. Carl was a prominent lawyer and became senerior partner of Cravath Swain and More, which became Cravath, Swain de Gersdorff. He was also the daughter of Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff.