Antonios (Alexander) Ralli^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1812 - 1882  (70 years)

• Name	Antonios (Alexander) Ralli
  Birth	1812	Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	04 Jul 1882	102 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	His will was proved 28 July 1882 by his sons Alexander Antonio Ralli, Esq., and Pandia Antonio Ralli, Esq. and Theodore Emanuel Schilizzi, Esq. (London Gazette 8 Aug 1882). The value of the personal estate amounted "to upwards of £437,000. The testator leaves to his son Alexander his freehold residence, No. 10, Heene-terrace, Worthing, and his house and grounds in his native island of Scio; to his son Pandia, his freehold house, No. 2, Heene-terrace; to his son Paul, his freehold house, No. 3, Heene-terrace; to his son George, a freehold garden and some land at Worthing; to his daughter Mrs. Polymnia Peter Scaramanga, £50,000; upon trust for his daughter Antonina, £50,000; to his daughters Mrs. Fanny Theodore Schilizzi and Mrs. Virginia Demetrius Spartali, £20,000 each; to his son-in-law Mr. Schilizzi, £5000; to his son-in-law Mr. Scaramanga, £1000; to the public school in the island of Scio, £500; to the Hospital of the Island of Scio and the special Hospital for the Leprous in the same island, £250 each; and legacies to two clerks, and to domestic servants. The residue of his real and personal estate is to be divided between his four sons, but one moiety is to accumulate for five years before division" (The Illustrated London News, No.2258—Vol. LXXXI, 12 Aug 1882, p.184).
  Burial	12 Jul 1882	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK   [7]
  	"In the southeast corner of the cemetery, three impressive memorial tombs also testify to the glory of the Ralli Brothers: The family vaults of Antonios (1812-1882), Eustratios (1800-1884) and Alexander Ralli (1852-1927). The first monument (TQ 3272 32/1110), a distyle in antis pseudo-peripteral Doric temple, with elements borrowed from Roman and Hellenistic architecture, more closely resembles a Macedonian tomb than a Classical Doric temple. The name and place of origin (the island of Chios) of the family, as well as the date of erection (1876) appear in Greek on the pediment. Regrettably, the designer's name is unknown. The entire building is made of Portland stone. The heavy entablature is decorated with triglyphs and the pediment is surmounted by a stone cross." burial plot no. 16172, sq. 27-28, no. 14-15 Greek plan, reg. pg. 7398, no. 59166 [5] Archimandrite Jerome officiating; burial register says DOD 4 July 1882 [6]
  Notes	Residence, England: at DOD 102 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Middlesex; 10 Heene Terrace, Worthing. Occupation: foreign banker, merchant, 9 Gracechurch Street, London (1878). He was an investor in the Imperial Bank Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873, 27 Feb 1878, 26 Feb 1879). Address given as 9 Gracechurch Street, London, England. Antonio Alexander Ralli was one of the executors of the estate of Michael George [aka Zeorge] Rodocanachi (London Gazette 15 Feb 1878). Antonio Alexander Ralli, London, was on the Board of Directors of the Archangel Marine Insurance Company (Limited) (The Pall Mall Gazette, 8 Jul 1873). Antonio Ralli is listed among a delegation which met with Lord Derby of the Foreign Office to discuss the British role in and the threat to Greek merchants' interests due to strife between Greece and Turkey (The Times [London], 6 Feb 1878). Four children of Alexander Antonios Ralli and Ploumou Stephanos Ralli -- Antonios and his siblings Pandia, Michalis and Loula -- are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree. 1861 census for a dwelling at 102 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London; Antonio Ralli, head, 48, general merchant, b. Chios; wife Nina, 32, b. Malta; son Alexander, 21, 'under his father'; daughters Polymusa, 15, Fanny, 10; Julia, 8; Virginia, 2; son Paul, 3, all b. London and 'registered at the Greek Church in London Wall'; and 4 servants. 1871 England census: 102 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by Augustus [should be Antonio] Ralli, 59, merchant, b. Chios; wife Nina, 42, b. Malta; daughters Fanny, 20; Julia, 19; Virginia Ralli, 12; Augusta [Antonia], 4; son George, 17, all b. London; & 7 servants. 1881 England census: 102 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by Antonio A. Ralli, 66, widower, retired merchant, b. Greece; daughter Antonia A., 14, b. London; & 4 servants. Four of the children of Antonio Alexander Ralli are on the Agelasto or Negroponte-Agelasto tree: Pandia by his first wife Mina Tamvaco; Stephanie/Fanny, Antonia and Virginia by his second wife Nina Mavrogordato. UK Naturalisation: Antonio Alexander Ralli, Scio, 12 Feb 1848, certificate 736 [8] Founders of the Greek Orthodox Cemetery at West Norwood included John Stephen Schilizzi, Eustracio Ralli, Antonio Ralli [likely this man] and Alexander Constantine Ionides. Calapodis lists John Schilizzi, Antonios Ralli and Eustratios Ralli. [9] He co-administered his brother Pandia's estate.
  Person ID	I1011	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Nina (Paul) Mavrogordato,   b. 22 Aug 1827, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 17 Sep 1878, Heene Terrace, West Worthing, Sussex, England UK (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	04 Jul 1849	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	Witnesses/Sponsors: Anthony Th. Ralli & Catingo Th. Ralli; Dionysios Xenakis presiding; Entry 12 [10]
  Children	+ 1. Fanny (Antonios) Ralli,   b. 24 Jul 1850, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 02 Aug 1923, London, England UK (Age 73 years) + 2. Antonina (Antonios) Ralli,   b. 04 Jun 1866, London, England UK d. 28 Aug 1941, Boscombe, Hampshire, England UK (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1812 - Greece Marriage - 04 Jul 1849 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Death - 04 Jul 1882 - 102 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK Burial - 12 Jul 1882 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		102 Westbourne Terrace, London, England Victoria Garden Hotel (closed); photo 2009. Antonio and Nina Ralli lived at this Bayswater address with their family, from 1861-1882.
  		Gracechurch Street, London, England photo 2009; where Anthony A. Ralli had his office in the City of London at 9 Gracechurch Street.
  		9 Gracechurch Street, London, England photo 2009; the entrance to the Crosse Keys public house.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Greek merchants' delegation with Lord Derby The Times (London) 6 Feb 1878)
  		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 16172, sq 27-28
  		Antonio Alexander Ralli 1882 probate

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		West Norwood Cemetery Anthony A Ralli family crypt
  		West Norwood Cemetery Anthony A Ralli crypt detail
  		West Norwood Cemetery Anthony A Ralli Crypt (back)

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S128] 1861 England Census. [S127] 1871 England Census. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Aug 1977, 3. Records of Burials at West Norwood Cemetery [S7] Theodoropoulou-Polychroniadis, Zetta, Hellenic enclosure of the South Metropolitan (West Norwood) Cemetery, (Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, 2002), 2002, 13. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Dec 1976, 26. Greeks Naturalised in Britain 1801-1900 [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 224, note 573. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Feb 1977, 12. Records of Marriages from the Church of Our Saviour [London]