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==Boone Hall==
==Boone Hall==
In June 1940, he bought the historic [[South Carolina]] [[plantations in the American South|plantation]] known as [[Boone Hall]], eight miles from [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] in the US, from Thomas A. Stone of [[Canada]].<ref name="Makharadze2015">{{cite book |last1=Makharadze |first1=Irakli |title=Georgian Trick Riders in American Wild West Shows, 1890s–1920s |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786497393 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBIzBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 |accessdate=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He raced [[Thoroughbred]]s under the ''[[Glossary of North American horse racing|nom de course]]'', Boone Hall Stable. Most notable of his horses was [[Princequillo]], who in 1943 was the fastest distance runner in the United States and who became a two-time [[Leading sire in North America]] and a seven-time [[Leading broodmare sire in North America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/princequillo-ire.html|title=Princequillo (IRE)|publisher=American Classic Pedigrees|date=|accessdate= November 16, 2016}}</ref>
In June 1940, he bought the historic South Carolina [[plantations in the American South|plantation]] known as [[Boone Hall]], eight miles from Charleston, South Carolina in the U.S., from Thomas A. Stone of Canada.<ref name="Makharadze2015">{{cite book |last1=Makharadze |first1=Irakli |title=Georgian Trick Riders in American Wild West Shows, 1890s–1920s |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786497393 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBIzBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 |accessdate=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He raced [[Thoroughbred]]s under the ''[[Glossary of North American horse racing|nom de course]]'', Boone Hall Stable. Most notable of his horses was [[Princequillo]], which in 1943, was the fastest distance runner in the United States and which became a two-time [[Leading sire in North America]] and a seven-time [[Leading broodmare sire in North America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/princequillo-ire.html|title=Princequillo (IRE)|publisher=American Classic Pedigrees|date=|accessdate= November 16, 2016}}</ref>


Jorjadze was associated with [[Serge Obolensky|Prince Serge Obolensky]] in the [[hotel]] business in [[New York City]].
Jorjadze was associated with [[Serge Obolensky|Prince Serge Obolensky]] in the hotel business in New York City.


==Private life==
==Private life==

Revision as of 01:38, 6 August 2020

Prince Dimitri Jorjadze
Born(1898-10-26)26 October 1898
Signagi, Russian Empire
Died26 October 1985(1985-10-26) (aged 87)
Monte Carlo
Noble familyJorjadze
Spouse(s)Audrey Emery
(m. 1937; div. 19??)
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(m. 1954; died 1977)​
OccupationAmbassador Hotel executive, race car driver

Prince Dimitri Aleksandrovich Jorjadze (Template:Lang-ru Georgian: დიმიტრი ჯორჯაძე) (26 October 1898 – 26 October 1985) was a Georgian nobleman, Ambassador Hotel executive and race car driver.

Biography

He was a member of the Georgian nobility of Tbilisi from the Jorjadze family, who became exiled after the overthrow of Tsarist Russia and the subsequent Bolshevik takeover.

The 6'3" Prince was probably best known in racing circles. In early July 1931, he won the Touring Car Grand Prix, 24 Hours of Spa, in Belgium. He covered the greatest distance, 1,580.7 miles at a speed of 65.8 miles per hour, in a Mercedes-Benz SSK with Goffredo Zehender.[1]

Boone Hall

In June 1940, he bought the historic South Carolina plantation known as Boone Hall, eight miles from Charleston, South Carolina in the U.S., from Thomas A. Stone of Canada.[1] He raced Thoroughbreds under the nom de course, Boone Hall Stable. Most notable of his horses was Princequillo, which in 1943, was the fastest distance runner in the United States and which became a two-time Leading sire in North America and a seven-time Leading broodmare sire in North America.[2]

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, secondly, in 1954, to Sylvia Ashley, a onetime English showgirl who was the former wife of Major Lord Anthony Ashley-Cooper and Clark Gable, and the widow of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

References

  1. ^ a b Makharadze, Irakli (2015). Georgian Trick Riders in American Wild West Shows, 1890s–1920s. McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 9780786497393. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Princequillo (IRE)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Chavchavadze, David (1990). The Grand Dukes. Atlantic International Publications. p. 255. ISBN 9780938311119. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ McGrath, Christopher (2017). Mr. Darley's Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life: A History of Racing in Twenty-Five Horses. Pegasus Books. p. 209. ISBN 9781681773902. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

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].
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