Major Ion Melville (Matthew) Calvocoressi, MBE MC ^[1]

1919 - 2007  (88 years)

• Name	Ion Melville (Matthew) Calvocoressi
  Title	Major
  Suffix	MBE MC
  Birth	12 Apr 1919	Calcutta, Bengal, British India
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jul 2007	England UK
  	The death of Mr Ion Melville Calvocoressi, 88, b. 12 Apr 1919, d. 7 Jul 2007, Residence Place at Death: Hartfield, East Sussex, England. Obituary in The Telegraph [London], 9 Aug 2007 and The Times [London], 16 Jul 2007.
  Notes	Education: Eton. Occupation: Stock broker His wikipedia page. Residence, England: 1948, 22 Wilfred Street, London; Court Lodge, Westerham, Kent; 2005, Hook Farm House, Newtons Hill, Hartfield, East Sussex; 2005, 12B Gledhow Gardens, London. He was co-executor of the estate of Edith Temple Roberts (London Gazette 11 Nov 1976). High Sheriff for Kent in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice appointed by Her Majesty in Council for the years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (London Gazette 13 Jan 1976, 23 Dec 1976, 18 Nov 1977, 23 March 1978). WWII: Ian Melville Calvocoressi (132226) Cadet to be 2nd Lt. 25 May 1940, Foot Guards, S.G'ds. (London Gazette 28 May 1940); The King, "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period May 1942 to October 1942" presented The Military Cross to Lieutenant Ian Melville Calvocoressi (132226),Scots Guards, 18 Feb 1943 (London, S.W.1) (London Gazette 16 Feb 1943). S. G'ds. Lt. (War Subs. Capt.) I.M. Calvocoressi, M.B.E., M.C (132226), from Emerg Commn. to be Capt., 1 Jan. 1949, and is granted the hon. rank of Maj. (Substituted for the notifn. in Gazette Supplement dated 17 May 1949; (London Gazette 17 June 1949). At his aunt Queenie Argenti Calvocoressi's 1927 wedding, he carried her train and himself wore a court suit of yellow chiffon velvet. His God-children included Angela Mary Martin-Bird and Marilyn Davina Butter. Ion M Calvocoressi [24 Wilton Crescent SW1] appears on the 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 electoral register, London and Westminster parliamentary division, City of London county/borough. 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	I2036	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Matthew John (John) Calvocoressi,   b. 04 Feb 1873, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 04 Nov 1939, Hove, Sussex, England UK (Age 66 years)
  Mother	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.
  Family ID	F872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living   3. Living + 4. Living
  Family ID	F874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Apr 1919 - Calcutta, Bengal, British India Death - 7 Jul 2007 - England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		24 Wilton Crescent, London, England photo 2009; Matthew and Agnes Calvocoressi and son Ion resided at this Belgravia address around 1940.
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  Documents

  Ion Calvocoressi obituary The Times [London], 16 Jul 2007, p. 52

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register.