Prince Dimitri Aleksandrovich Jorjadze ( ka, დიმიტრი ჯორჯაძე) (26 October 189826 October 1985) was a Georgian nobleman, Ambassador Hotel executive, and

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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

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from the Jorjadze family, who became exiled after the overthrow of

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ist Russia and the subsequent

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takeover. The 6'3" prince was probably best known in racing circles. In early July 1931, he won the Touring Car Grand Prix,

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, in Belgium. He covered the greatest distance, 1,580.7 miles at a speed of 65.8 miles per hour, in a

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with

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Boone Hall

In June 1940, he bought the historic South Carolina

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known as

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, eight miles from Charleston, South Carolina in the U.S., from Thomas A. Stone of Canada. He raced

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s under the ''

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'', Boone Hall Stable. Most notable of his horses was

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, which in 1943, was the fastest distance runner in the United States and which became a two-time

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and a seven-time

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. 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

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, the American-born former wife of

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; he married her in March 1937 in

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, England. The marriage ended in divorce. He married for a second time in 1954 to

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, a one-time English showgirl who had been married to Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley;

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; and

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, Sr.

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Boone Hall

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