[1][2] A rich landowner, he owned the Kuskovo, Mikhailovskoye (since 1870), Vvedenskoye and Ostafyevo estates in Moscow Governorate and the Fountain House Saint Petersburg (since 1871)[3] Oberjägermeister since 1904, he held the Active State Councillor rank.

Born into the family of Count Dmitry Nikolaevich Sheremetev and Countess Anna Sergeevna Sheremeteva.

Our castles are our monasteries, beacons of education, engines of colonization, hotbeds of charity ... Our legislation cannot fail to take into account these features of our independent development, with this uniqueness of RussiaIn 1898-1904 and in 1910-1916 he was an honorary justice of the peace for the Zvenigorodsky Uyezd of the Moscow Governorate In 1900-1917 he served as member of the State Council and a member of the right group Russian Assembly, and concurrently served as chairman of the Imperial archaeological commission.

In 1914 he was appointed member of the Romanov Committee for assisting in the care of rural orphans regardless of class or religion, as well as for the unification of government, public and private activities in this area.

[7] As of March 1, 1917, he "owned a fortune estimated at 37.9 million rubles, of which 19% was invested in shares and bonds, 28% in urban real estate and 51% in agricultural land, outbuildings and livestock".

He was buried in the New Cemetery of the Novospassky Monastery, which had long served as the burial place of the descendants of Andrei Kobyla.