Matthew John (John) Calvocoressi^{[1, 2]}

1873 - 1939  (66 years)

• Name	Matthew John (John) Calvocoressi
  Birth	04 Feb 1873	Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK
  Christening	17 Mar 1873	Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK   [3]
  	Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating. God-parent: Ms. D. Mavrogordato
  Gender	Male
  Death	04 Nov 1939	Hove, Sussex, England UK
  	His will was proved 5 Feb 1940 by Royal Bank of Scotland, St. Andrew Square Edinburgh and his brother Stephen John Calvocoressi, 7 Broadbent Street, London, W.1 (London Gazette 16 Apr 1940). [4] Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 6/7 Nov 1939, pg. 1. He died "suddenly, after pneumonia."
  Burial	08 Nov 1939	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	According to David Calvocoressi, Matthew "built himself a rather hideous monument at West Norwood which even the family considered vulgar!" Funeral at 3:30 p.m., 8 Nov 1939, St. John's Church, First Avenue, Hove, England.
  Notes	Residence: 1893, Constantinople; 1939, 24 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, England A Matthew John Calvocoressi of no occupation, was co-administrator of the estate of George John Calvocoressi, presumably his brother (UK National Probate Calendar Index, 1937). The 1881 England census: 9 Devonport St, London household headed by John M. Calvocorissi, 34, retired merchant; Arghiro, 32, both b. Constantinople, Turkey; sons Matthew, 8, b. Liverpool; Pantia, 6, b. Nice, France; Leonidy, 2; George, 11 mos, both b. London; daughter Hypatia, 3, b. Broughton; & 5 servants. US passports: #107, issued 13 Oct 1891, Constantinople; #199, issued 21 Oct 1893, Constantinople. M.J. Calvocoressi attended a memorial service for M. Venizelos at St. Sophia, London, on 28 March 1936. Matthew John Calvocoressi appears [with wife Agnes Hermione Calvocoressi, 94 Eaton Place SW1] on the 1929, [24 Wilton Crescent SW1] 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939 electoral register, City of Westminster parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1939, St. George/Westminster. The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Princes Hotel, Hove, Sussex, England lists Matthew J. Calvocoressi, b. 4 Jul 1873 [sic], retired East Indian Merchant; wife Agnes H Calvocoressi, b. 26 Nov 1881, married, Private Means; Ion Calvocoressi, b. 12 Apr. 1919, Oxford undergraduate.
  Person ID	I2027	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	John (Matthew) Calvocoressi,   b. 28 Aug 1846, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 21 Feb 1919, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Arghyro (Pandia) Sechiari,   b. 15 Apr 1848, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 26 Dec 1932, 4 rue Regille, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1871	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  Family ID	F870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Hermione (Robert) Melville,   b. 26 Nov 1881, London, England UK d. 1 Dec 1968, London, England UK (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1914	All Saints' Church, Malabar Hill, Bombay, Maharashtra, British India
  	An announcement said that the marriage "will take place quitely" in Bombay The Times (London) 11 Dec 1914; a marriage notice appeared in the newspaper 18 Jan 1915, pg. 1. The Very Venerable Archdeacon Barham and the Revd. Archimandrite A.C. Alexion performed the nuptials.
  Children	+ 1. Major Ion Melville (Matthew) Calvocoressi, MBE MC ,   b. 12 Apr 1919, Calcutta, Bengal, British India d. 7 Jul 2007, England UK (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 04 Feb 1873 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Christening - 17 Mar 1873 - Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Marriage - 21 Dec 1914 - All Saints' Church, Malabar Hill, Bombay, Maharashtra, British India Death - 04 Nov 1939 - Hove, Sussex, England UK Burial - 08 Nov 1939 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		24 Wilton Crescent, London, England photo 2009; Matthew and Agnes Calvocoressi and son Ion resided at this Belgravia address around 1940.
  		Barnardo Gardens Estate, Devonport St, London, England photo 2009; council housing appears to have replaced where John M. and Arghiro Calvocorissi lived, 9 Devonport St., with their children in 1881.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Matthew John Calvocoressi entry in the baptism register, Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, England
  		Matthew J. Calvocoressi US Passport renewal 1893 application, Constantinople
  		Matthew John Calvocoressi 1940 Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S10] Baptism records, St Nicholas Greek Church, Liverpool, England, 237. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.