Constantine (Jacob) Negroponte^{[1, 2]}

1834 - Bef 1900  (65 years)

• Name	Constantine (Jacob) Negroponte
  Birth	18 Dec 1834	Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	According to the age given at burial, he would have been born in 1825.
  Christening	27 Jan 1835	The Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	baptism register entry 278 6 Dec 1934, according to Syros archives [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 18 Oct 1900	Alexandria, Egypt
  	Argenti says 31 Oct 1900.
  Burial	18 Oct 1900	Greek cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
  	Buried in Section A. Burial information found in registers held by the Greek Community Center, Alexandria, Egypt. Tomb not located (2008).
  Notes	Constantine James Negreponte was a cotton broker in the firm Wm. Phythian Lees and Co., Liverpool, in partnership with William Phythian Lees, Lysander Stephen Galatti (London Gazette 2 Jul 1869). He was in partnership with the brothers Lysander Stephen Galatti, George Stephen Galatti and Andrew Stephen Galatti as cotton brokers, at the Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, England until dissolved 21 Jun 1875 (London Gazette 17 Aug 1875). He and his father, listed as James Contantine Megreponte (sic), banker, Alexandria and Constantine James Megreponte (sic), merchant, Liverpool, were investors in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873). Negroponte Bros. was likely the brothers Constantine (born 1834) and Jacques (born 1838), sons of Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte. Negroponte Brothers & Co, merchants, handled the disposal of damaged and irregular American cotton (Liverpool Mercury, 24 Aug 1869). C.J. Negreponte signed a letter of protest (against arbitrary Italian bureaucracy) that appeared in The Times, 9 Jul 1883, pg. 10. He was among 120 passengers on the P. and O. steamer Tanjore, at the quarantine station, eight miles off Venice, 4 Jul 1883, because cholera had broken out at Damietta, another Egyptian port city. They had departed Alexandria 26 Jun 1883 and were being quarantined, in successive five-day sentences, because disease had been found elsewhere in Egypt. C.J. Negroponte was on the executive committee of the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society and contributed £10 10s. to its local fund Liverpool Mercury, 25 Mar 1871). C.G. [sic, perhaps a typo] Negroponte was a supper and refreshment steward at the grand fancy dress ball given at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall by S. Georgala, of the frim of B. Georgala and Co., Greek general merchants (Liverpool Mercury, 30 Dec 1871). See his namesake; it is uncertain who is who. On the day of the 1861 British census, there were two unmarried men named Constantine Negroponte in Liverpool: (1) aged 27, cotton merchant, born in Syros, Greece, lived at 150 Crown Street with Mary Anne Smith, a visitor, and a servant. (2) aged 32, merchant, lodged at 163 Upper Parliament Street [digital record difficult to decipher; scanner says middle initial 'P' and born USA]. Most probably, this man is the former. Perhaps he had a son, Michael, a physician.
  Person ID	I339	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte,   b. 1811, Chios, Greece d. 1876, Chios, Greece (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Alexandra (Constantine) Franghiadi,   b. 1815, Chios, Greece d. 22 Mar 1881, Chios, Greece (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Calliope (Laurentius) Scanavi,   b. 1852, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 19 Jan 1923, Alexandria, Egypt (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1878	Alexandria, Egypt
  Children	+ 1. Jacobus (Constantine) Negroponte,   b. 25 Sep 1880, Alexandria, Egypt d. Aft 1915 (Age 35 years)   2. Leonidas John (Constantine) Negroponte,   b. 10 Nov 1884, Alexandria, Egypt d. Bef 08 Dec 1901, Alexandria, Egypt (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Dec 1834 - Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Christening - 27 Jan 1835 - The Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Marriage - 1878 - Alexandria, Egypt Death - Bef 18 Oct 1900 - Alexandria, Egypt Burial - 18 Oct 1900 - Greek cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 123. [S128] 1861 England Census. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). Alphabetical Register of Births/Baptisms in Hermopolis, 1828-1858: 278/06.12.1834/9295 (corrected in index)