The Ziadie family is a family residing in

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, where they were prominent merchants. A branch of the family now resides in the

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and its members have become successful horse trainers. They are the descendants of half a dozen Greek Orthodox brothers who emigrated from

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Lady Colin Campbell Georgia Arianna, Lady Colin Campbell (''née'' Ziadie, born 17 August 1949), also known as Lady C, is a British Jamaican author, socialite, and television personality who has published seven books about the British royal family. They include b ...

, previously Georgia Ziadie, is descended from this family through her father, department store owner Michael George Ziadie. She claims that the Ziadies are a wealthy and well known family in Jamaica. The opera director Sir Peter Jonas was her cousin.

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