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]