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He certainly got around:

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960

Name: Richard Mark Sieradski Sherton
Birth Date: abt 1887
Age: 36
Port of Departure: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Arrival Date: 5 Jul 1923
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Buenos Aires [Montevideo] [Santos]
Ship Name: Almanzora
Shipping Line: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
Official Number: 136353

He was travelling First Class and occupation was "Manager". He had been living in Brazil and was going to stay with L Haig at 32 Linden Gardens, London.

Amazing. Yes, one of the scientific magazines talks about him spending time in Brazil. Not sure how he ended up in a cemetery in Virginia as he seemed to be based in NY.

Anyway, thanks everybody - I got way more than I bargained for - you lot are wonderful sleuths!

Eleanore would have been born before the marriage .....

Was wondering daughter-in-law?

Yes, or second wife? Liza seems to have disappeared into the ether...

I can't find a death for Liza, but I guess it could have been anywhere.

Possibly Richard's father arriving in US:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Martin Sieradski
Arrival Date: 9 Jul 1892
Birth Year: abt 1868
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race- /Nationality: Polish
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Normannia

He was a merchant and didn't appear to be travelling with any other family

** The Polish connection may be how Richard came to be married in Poland.

Thanks so much. Yes, that would seem to be his father and the Polish connection.

This seems to be Martin applying for a passport for his daughter Lillian:

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
about Martin Sieradski Name: Martin Sieradski
Birth Date: abt 1894
Age: 15
Residence: New York City, New York
Passport Issue Date: 25 May 1909
Passport Includes a Photo: No

Says he's a subject of the Emperor of Russia and is applying for passport for his minor daughter Lillian born New York City, 19 Aug. 1893

Says he resides New York City and is a merchant there, left US 19 Feb. 1901 and is temporarily sojourning Lodr, Russian Poland, intends to return US with 5 years. Desires passport for identifying his daughter as an American citizen.

Thanks for this last piece of information. It's all so interesting.

On the subject of passports:

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Name: Liza Sieradski
Birth Date: 14 Apr 1899
Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Residence: New York New York
Passport Issue Date: 18 Aug 1922
Spouse Name: Richard M Sieradski
Spouse Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Passport Includes a Photo: Yes - she's pretty!
(Main purpose of passport was to accompany husband in Poland, and to visit Czechoslovakia and Austria for her health. She states she's never been to US before. She also states Richard had liven in US from 1900 to 1920 uninterrupted - that isn't the case).

and

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Name: Richard M Sieradski
Residence: Paris
Passport Issue Date: 16 Aug 1924
(This was for a 12 month extension of existing passport)

and this:

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Name: Richard Mark Sieradski
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1896
Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 24
Residence: New York, New York
Passport Issue Date: 6 Nov 1920
Father Name: Martin Sieradski
Father's Birth Location: Poland
Father's Residence: Lode, Poland

He's lived in Poland from 1906 to 1908 and Italy from 1919. This was an emergency application because his passport had been surrendered. He planned on visiting several European countries on banking business.

Richard's brother:

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Name: Herbert Leo Sieradski
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1895
Birth Place: New York
Age: 20
Passport Issue Date: 21 Oct 1915
Passport Includes a Photo: Yes
(This was a replacement - his original had been taken by Graf von Bismark when Herbert working in mines in Westphalia. Notes say he speaks very good English)

Thanks for this! I'm still trying to solve the mystery of Eleanore - I suspect she may be his second wife.