Ziadie family

The Ziadie family is a Maronite family residing in Jamaica, where they were prominent merchants. A branch of the family now resides in the United States and its members have become successful horse trainers.[1][2] They are the descendants of half a dozen Greek Orthodox brothers who emigrated from Lebanon.[3]

Lady Colin Campbell, previously Georgia Ziadie,[4] is descended from this family through her father, department store owner[5] Michael George Ziadie.[6][7] She claims that the Ziadies are a wealthy and well-known family in Jamaica.[8] The opera director Sir Peter Jonas was her cousin.[9]

By 1969, the family's alleged eminence had waned, with only one person of the name- dry goods merchant Edward George Ziadie- appearing in that year's Who's Who in Jamaica, detailing the "Careers of Principal Public Men and Women of Jamaica", alongside an advertisement for a real estate company, "Victor Ziadie Realty".[10]

References

  1. ^ "They said she was a boy". 1 August 1997. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 – via telegraph.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Family feud - Ziadie father and son win with horses, but lose family bond". Jamaica Gleaner. 26 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Inside Stories". The Independent. 28 June 1997. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. ^ Leigh, Wendy (4 December 2015). "Meet Lady Colin Campbell's secret 'husband'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. ^ Green, Michelle (25 May 1992). "Is Nothing Sacred?". people.com.
  6. ^ Contemporary Authors, 1993, Donna Olendorf, p. 67
  7. ^ "Interview: Lady Colin Campbell – All about my mother". The Scotsman. 15 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. ^ Smith, Julia Llewellyn (2 November 2013). "Lady Colin Campbell: 'My father said I should take rat poison'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  9. ^ Campbell, Colin, Lady (2015). A Life Worth Living. Arcadia Books Limited. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1-910-05086-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Who's Who in Jamaica: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Outstanding People in Jamaica, ed. Stephen A. Hill, 1969, pp. 216, 419