Descendant of John Jacob Astor, racer and builder of racing cars, inspired Ian Fleming to write "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang." Count Zborowski died racing in the Italian Grand Prix.
"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch ( : 1 October 2014), Louis Vorow Zborowski, 1895; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. [1]
"Tales of the Old World --- Young Zborowski, Grandson of Mary Alida Astor, Who Married John Cary of New York, Killed Like His Father in an Automobile Race," New York Sun, Friday, 24 oct., 1924, p. 19 (From FultonHistory.com, "Old Fulton Postcards")[2]
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