Dimitri Jorjadze
Prince Dimitri Jorjadze | |
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Georgia, Russian Empire | |
Died | 26 October 1985 Monte Carlo, Monaco | (aged 87)
Noble family | Jorjadze |
Spouse(s) | |
Occupation | Ambassador Hotel executive, race car driver |
Prince Dimitri Aleksandrovich Jorjadze (Georgian: დიმიტრი ჯორჯაძე) (26 October 1898 – 26 October 1985) was a Georgian nobleman, Ambassador Hotel executive, and race car driver.
Biography
Dimitri (Mito) Jorjadze was born in the country of Georgia, Kakheti, to Alexander Jorjadze, a Georgian noble man, officer, diplomat and a winemaker, and his half Ukrainian-half Georgian wife - Domenica Naumenko. Dimitri was a member of the Georgian
The 6'3" prince was probably best known in racing circles. In early July 1931, he won the Touring Car Grand Prix,
Boone Hall
In June 1940, he bought the historic South Carolina
Jorjadze was associated with Prince Serge Obolensky in the hotel business in New York City.
Private life
He was married twice. His first wife was Audrey Emery, the American-born former wife of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia;[3] he married her in March 1937 in Maidstone, England.[4] The marriage ended in divorce. He married for a second time in 1954 to Sylvia Ashley, a one-time English showgirl who had been married to Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, Clark Gable, and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
See also
- Jorjadze, Georgian surname
- Gael Elton Mayo, The Man in a Panther Skin: the Life of Prince Dimitri Djordjadze (1985);(Estate of Gael Elton Mayo c/o BookBlast, London) [1].
References
- ^ ISBN 9780786497393. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Princequillo (IRE)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ISBN 9780938311119. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ISBN 9781681773902. Retrieved 10 April 2019.