Paul Dubonnet
Parents
| Father | Marie Aimé ‘Joseph’ Dubonnet (26 August 1855 - 7 September 1910) |
| Mother | Florence LeBlanc ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 4 July 2012; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 |
| Person ID | 3887 |
| Name | Paul Dubonnet |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 6 September 1900 in Paris, France1 |
| Married | 1920 to Christiane Yvonne Coty2 |
| Divorced | 14 October 1926 from Christiane Yvonne Coty3 |
| Married | 15 October 1926 in Paris, France to Jean Gazlay Nash (née Donaldson) 3 |
| Divorced | 8 July 1948 in Paris, France from Jean Gazlay Dubonnet (née Donaldson) 4 |
| Married | 16 April 1949 in Paris, France to Muguette Baroin5 |
| Died | 8 July 1961 in Nuillé, Pays de la Loire, France1, 6 |
Biography
Paul Dubonnet was the youngest of four children of Joseph and Florence (LeBlanc) Dubonnet, and grandson of Joseph Dubonnet, founder of the famed Dubonnet apéritif wines in 1846.
Paul’s marriage to Christiane Coty in 1920 united the Dubonnet family with another powerful and wealthy family, the Coty family, world renown for perfumes and cosmetics. Paul and Christiane’s respective parents had known each other for years. Early in their marriage, Paul worked in administration for the Coty SA company in the United States.2
Paul enjoyed owning luxury sports cars. Paul, with his brother André, ordered two custom-made 1922 Hispano-Suiza Boulogne cars in order to compete in a 1922 race from Paris to Nice. Paul crashed one of the two cars prior to a race, and André crashed the other during the race. Experienced racing driver Paul Bablot won the race in a third car of the same make and model.7
Owing to his marriage to Jean Nash in 1926, and lack of a legal document to protect his pre-marital wealth, Paul was estranged by his siblings; his brother André, furious over Paul’s marriage, ran Paul and Jean’s car off the road, whereupon Paul proceeded to give his brother a beating.
Paul and Jean were in New York early in World War II. Since wine imports from France were not possible during the war, in 1942 Paul began bottling his Dubonnet wines in Philadelphia using wines from California.8
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Christiane Yvonne Coty (daughter of Joseph Marie François Coty (born Spoturno) and Yvonne Alexandrine Le Baron) |
| Born | 1903 |
| Married | 1920 to Paul Dubonnet |
| Died | 2005 |
| Children | of Paul Dubonnet and Christiane Yvonne Coty: |
| 1. | Rolande Dubonnet |
| Born | 1923 |
| Spouse 2 | Jean Gazlay Nash (née Donaldson) (daughter of Andrew Donaldson and Emma Jane Gazlay) |
| Born | 12 March 1893 in Nutley, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Married | 11 February 1910 in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey to John Stanislaus Kirwan |
| Married | 30 July 1913 in Milburn, Essex County, New Jersey to Winfield Burrows Sifton |
| Married | 12 July 1919 in London, England to Captain John Victor Nash |
| Married | 1 February 1925 in Cairo, Egypt to Prince Mohammed Sabit Bey |
| Married | 15 October 1926 in Paris, France to Paul Dubonnet |
| Married | 27 May 1950 to Guy Douglas Bridge Puckle |
| Died | 9 February 1956 in Paris, France |
| Children | of Paul Dubonnet and Jean Gazlay Nash (née Donaldson) : |
| +1. | Anne Patricia Dubonnet |
| Born | 20 February 1931 in Cannes, France |
| Married | 10 June 1954 to Claude Foussier |
| Married | January 1962 in Paris, France to Philip Uzielli |
| Married | to Victor Shaio |
| Died | 27 February 2016 in New York, New York |
| Spouse 3 | Muguette Baroin |
| Born | |
| Married | 16 April 1949 in Paris, France to Paul Dubonnet |
Sources
- Dubonnet Family Tree, owner: apsdub; available at Ancestry.com.
- François Coty: Fragrance, Power, Money, by Roulhac B. Toledano and Elizabeth Z. Coty. Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., Gretna, Louisiana, 2009. Available at Google Books.
- Marriage Announcement, The Milwaukee Sentinel, 16 October 1926, marriage of Paul Dubonnet and Mrs. Jean Nash in Paris on 15 October. The article mentions that Paul’s divorce was final the previous day.
- Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
- Geneanet. Marius Dubonnet (Marie Aimé Joseph Dubonnet) known as Joseph Dubonnet (1855-1910). This family tree provides vital details of Joseph, his parents, spouse, and four children and their spouses, including links to each of these individuals showing further vital details. Family Tree Owner: Jean Thiébaut.
- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966; Paul Dubonnet, died 8 July 1961, France.
- RM Auctions (website), Lot 272, 1922 Hispano-Suiza Boulogne, 31 October 2007. The auction description includes detailed historical information about this custom build racing car, the maker, and several owners of this and the four other similar cars.
- The Wall Street Journal, Leisure & Arts, How’s Your Drink, by Eric Felten, 15 July 2006. Available at djreprints.com (website).