She was Dutch. Some press reports say that her father was a wealthy banker; others say he was a diamond merchant; one said he was an oil merchant. Many say that Georgina not only inherited considerable wealth from her father but also from her mother, the latter's money coming from her mother. What ever the source of the money there is no doubt that Georgina Mosselmans was very wealthy. She also seems to have chosen or been seduced by predatory men. Her revenge on her third husband, the Turkish prince, (his name is spelt several different ways) is a classic for the era: she, herself penned a portrait of him in the press as a fortune hunter, grasping for her money, yet casting her aside. A very humiliating portrait for any man from that era. Her marriage to the French count was the shortest: It appears to have lasted less than a day due to his drug taking.
She obviously had her tiara with the large diamond long before she married Lord Sholto Douglas as the announcement of her marriage to him featured the portrait of her wearing it.
Sketch 27 April 1921.
The accompanying caption said that she was well known for her jewels.
Some of those jewels were pearls and at least one string was said to be an heirloom valued at five thousand pounds.
Except for her 3rd husband, the Turkish prince who divorced her under Islamic law, and her 5th husband, she initiated the divorce proceedings. She had deserted her final husband very soon after the wedding and initiated a divorce, but for what ever reason allowed him to divorce her for desertion. What financial settlement each of the men received is unclear. She did, however, seek and I think received judgement for her Turkish prince to repay some money she had given him, and she initiated legal proceedings in the French courts to counter the Count de Sauvigny's claim to half her fortune.
Below are cuttings from a 1933 newspaper which has some of the story, but whether the details are precisely accurate is hard to say. (It may even be easier to read the article here https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169313276?searchTerm=%22Lady%20Sholto%20Douglas%22%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=exactPhrase=Lady+Sholto+Douglas|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom|||dateTo|||sortby|||l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-title=699 )
Her revenge on her Turkish prince
Sunday Post 15 November 1925. I have enlarged the section where she talks about the Prince.
Photo of her wedding to the Count
Wedding to Lord Sholto Douglas
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