Ziadie family

The Ziadie family is a 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