US Mayor. Served as mayor of Palm Beach, Florida from 1993 to 2000. He was second cousin to Czar Nicholas II, the last of the Romanov rulers. His father was cousin to the czar and took part in the murder of Rasputin, the mystic priest whose prophecies exerted control over the royal family.∼Born Paul Dmitriievich Romanov-Ilyinski, the great grandson of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and son of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch Romanov and his American wife, Audrey Emery Romanov-Ilynski.
He attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England before joining the U.S. Marine Corps. There he served with distinction in the Korean War with as a combat photographer and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a 1953 graduate of the University of Virginia.
In 1952 he married Angelica Kauffman. They moved to Cincinnati where they raised their five children. In 1980 the couple returned to Palm Beach, Florida where they had once lived. He served ten years on the city council and three terms as mayor.
He attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England before joining the U.S. Marine Corps. There he served with distinction in the Korean War with as a combat photographer and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a 1953 graduate of the University of Virginia.
In 1952 he married Angelica Kauffman. They moved to Cincinnati where they raised their five children. In 1980 the couple returned to Palm Beach, Florida where they had once lived. He served ten years on the city council and three terms as mayor.
US Mayor. Served as mayor of Palm Beach, Florida from 1993 to 2000. He was second cousin to Czar Nicholas II, the last of the Romanov rulers. His father was cousin to the czar and took part in the murder of Rasputin, the mystic priest whose prophecies exerted control over the royal family.∼Born Paul Dmitriievich Romanov-Ilyinski, the great grandson of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and son of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch Romanov and his American wife, Audrey Emery Romanov-Ilynski.
He attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England before joining the U.S. Marine Corps. There he served with distinction in the Korean War with as a combat photographer and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a 1953 graduate of the University of Virginia.
In 1952 he married Angelica Kauffman. They moved to Cincinnati where they raised their five children. In 1980 the couple returned to Palm Beach, Florida where they had once lived. He served ten years on the city council and three terms as mayor.
He attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England before joining the U.S. Marine Corps. There he served with distinction in the Korean War with as a combat photographer and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a 1953 graduate of the University of Virginia.
In 1952 he married Angelica Kauffman. They moved to Cincinnati where they raised their five children. In 1980 the couple returned to Palm Beach, Florida where they had once lived. He served ten years on the city council and three terms as mayor.
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