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H.H. Shahzada Nersi Mirza [Narcy Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 1928, educ. Germany, St Joseph’s Coll, Beirut, Lebanon, Lawrenceville Sch, Princeton, New Jersey, Yale Univ (B.Eng.), New Haven, Connecticut, and Univ of Wisconsin (MSc), Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Engineer with General Electric and Morrison & Knodson Coys, Chief Engineer Nemazi Hospital, Shiraz, Exec Dir Firouz Construction Co. Imprisoned by the Ayotollah regime 1979-1980. m. at Hidden Springs, Fairfax, Virginia, 2nd February 1957, Louise Elizabeth [Mrs Louise Laylin Firouz] (b. at Great Falls, Virginia, USA, 24th December 1933; d. from a gastric haemorrhage, at Golestan, Iran, 25th May 1908, bur. Ghara Tepe Sheikh), educ. Kendall Hall Sch, New Hampshire, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, New York USA, and the American Univ of Beirut (BA 1956), Lebanon, tour guide and rescuer of the rare breed of Caspian horses, founder and MD of the Norouzabad Equestrian Centre, Mbr Royal Horse Soc of Iran, The Caspian Horse Soc of America, etc, elder daughter of John Gallup Laylin, Snr, attorney, sometime Partner Covington Burling LLC, by his first wife, Dorothy Adams Lewis. He d. in Iran, May 1994, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
(i) H.H. Shahzada Caren Mirza [Caren Firouz]. b. at Shiraz, 1962, educ. Iranzamin Tehran International Sch, Tehran, Columbia Univ, New York, and Oklahoma State Univ (BSc 1987), Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. Photo Journalist, worked in the USA and Iran, covered the Kurdish and Shia uprisings in Iraq 1991, the First Gulf War in Iraq, American invasion of Somalia 1991, Second Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Athens Olympic Games 2004, Picture Editor for Reuters Picture Service in Iran 1998, Chief Photographer Pakistan with Thomson Reuters. m. Leyla Firouz, daughter of Keyvon Filsoof, of Isfahan. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
1. H.H. Shahzada Kamran Mirza [Kamran Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 2006.
1. H.H. Shahzadi Samira Khanum [Samira Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 2000, educ. l’É Française de Iran (EFT), Tehran, and Ecole d’Humanité, Hasliberg Goldern, Bern, Switzerland.
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Roshan Taliya Khanum [Roshan Taliyeh, Mrs Reddaway]. b. at Tehran, 12th December 1957, educ. Iranzamin Tehran International Sch, Tehran. Jewellery designer at Firouzeh Ankara and Restorer at C & S Martelli, Decorazione e Restauro di Opere d’Arte in Florence. m. 1981 (div.), Sir David Norman Reddaway, KCMG (15.6.2013, CMG 12.6.1993), MBE (c 14.6.1980) (b. 26th April 1953), educ. King’s Coll Sch, Cambridge, Oundle Sch, Fitzwilliam Coll, Cambridge (MA) and SOAS, London; joined FCO 1975, Officer East Germany & Council of Europe Desk 1975-1977, 3rd Sec Tehran 1977-1978, 2nd Sec (Political/Press) 1978-1979, 2nd Sec (Chancerry) 1979-1980, 1st Sec (Chancery) 1980, 1st Sec (Political) Madrid 1980-1984, Officer Falklands Dept at the FCO 1985-1986, Private Sec to the Minister of State at the FCO 1986-1988, 1st Sec (External Political) New Delhi 1988-1990, chargé d’affaires Tehran 1990-1993, Minister & Deputy Head of Mission at Buenos Aires 1993-1997, Head of Southern European Dept FCO 1997-1999, Dir Public Services FCO 1999-2001, Special Representative Afghanistan 2002, rejected as the proposed Ambassador to Iran in 2002, Harvard Univ Fellow 2002-2003, High Cmsnr in Canada 2003-2006, Ambassador to Ireland 2006-2009, and to Turkey 2009-2014, son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Frank Norman Reddaway, CBE, sometime British Ambassador to Poland, by his wife, Jean Muriel, Mrs Reddaway, OBE, daughter of William Harold Brett, of Southport, Lancashire. She has issue, two sons and one daughter:
1. Alexander Bahram Reddaway. b. at Madrid, Spain, 7th July 1983, educ. Inst of Islamic Studies, McGill Univ (MA 2010), Toronto, Canada. Accountant (trainee) Reddaway Import Trading Company Ltd, Company Sec RGE Investments Ltd and Dir RGE Textiles Ltd since 2011.
2. Milo Firouz Reddaway. b. at Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21st February 1996, educ. St Columba’s Coll, Dublin, Ireland, The King’s Sch, Canterbury, Kent, and St John’s Coll, Durham.
1. Nicola Touran Reddaway. b. at Wandsworth, London, June 1987, educ. Trinity Coll, Dublin (BA 2010), Ireland, and McGill Univ, Toronto, Canada. Dir Firouzeh Jewellery 2009-2014, Assoc Dir The Farjam Fndn since 2013, Event Coordinatior Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust and Events & Communications Coordinator Royal Warrant Holders Assoc 2012-2013.
(ii) H.H. Shahzadi Ateshe Khanum [Ateshé Firouz-Larsson]. b. at Tehran, 1959, educ. Iranzamin Tehran International Sch, Tehran, Univ of California, Berkeley (BSc 1980), California, USA, American Univ of Cairo, Egypt, and IESE Business Sch-Univ of Navarra (MBA 1984), Spain. Horse breeder. m. Björn Larsson, of Bois de Lessine, Belgium. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
1. Narcy Firouz-Larsson. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
1. Leyla Larsson, educ. Georgia Inst of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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1929 - 1994 (65 years)