Princess george galitzine biography of mahatma
Jean (née Dawnay), Princess George Galitzine; Princess Catherine ('Katya') Galitzine Portrait Print Mahatma Gandhi Portrait Print.
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Prince George (Georgii Vladimirovich) Galitzine was born in Imperial Russia (Tiflis, Georgia; now Tbilisi) in 1916 but spent the majority of his life living and working in England.
His father Prince Vladimir Emanuelovich Galitzine (1884-1954) was an officer in the Cavalier-Guards and his mother was Princess Ekaterina Georgievna Galitzine (nèe Countess Carlow, 1891-1940). He was a direct descendant of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna and Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
In 1919 aged 3 years old Prince George escaped revolutionary Russia, with his family, leaving Novorossisk on a British warship.
Eventually the family settled in England. Educated at Lancing College and St Pauls School, George got a scholarship in History to Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1936 he was awarded the Royal Humane Society medal for saving a man’s life during peacetime. During World War II, Prince Galitzine served as a Major in the Welsh Guards