John (Tryphon) Agelasto^{[1, 2, 3]}

1906 - 2001  (94 years)

• Name	John (Tryphon) Agelasto
  Nickname	Johnnie, Jerry, Gerry
  Birth	31 Jul 1906	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England UK
  Christening	17 Nov 1906	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	God-parent: John Agelasto [4] He was baptised in tandem with his brother Tryphon.
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Feb 2001	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England UK
  Notes	Education: Sherborne School, Dorset, 1919-1922; BA, Selwyn College, Cambridge, The Times (London), 18 Jun 1928, p 10; MA, Cambridge, The Times (London), 11 Jun 1932, p 14. Residence, England: 1906, 115 Inverness Terrace, W, London; 1912-17, 17 Palace Court; 1916, 28 Cavandish Sq. W, London; abt 1919, Roughwood Park, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire; 1934, Ivy Cottage, Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire; 1940s, Hudnall Park House, Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire; Barton House, Alton, Hampshire; Moat House, High Street, Sharnbrook, Bedford; 98 Long Road, Cambridge; 19 Merton Street, Cambridge; 1980s-, The Hollies, Queen Ediths Way II, Cambridge. 1911 England census for the household at Greys Lodge headed by Tryphon Agelasto, 46, b. Liverpool, married, East Indian merchant, 4 children born alive, two still living; wife Christine, 38, b. London; sons Augustus, 5, b. Karachi, India; John, 4, b. Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Catherine Agelasto, 40, visitor, single, b. London; 6 servants. Military service: 8 Nov 1940, receives commission as Pilot Officer on probation. Co-executor (with Emmanuel Xenophon Casdagli) of the estate of Marika Perdikidi, "Blalowan" 17 Swan Lane, Wittenham, Tenterden, Kent, his cousin, who died 18 Sep 1965. Solicitors: Treatrail & James, Station Road, New Milton, Hants. He was 50% partner in R.S.Cunningham & Agelasto, General Merchants and Agents, 8/9 Martin Lane, Cannon St. EC4, London, which filed for bankruptcy 3 Feb 1933. The address for him and Evie Joan Agelasto: The Moat House, Sharnbrook, Beds as well as Roughwood Park. The company, officed at 4 Dove Court, Old Jewry, London EC2, was liquidated in 1959. [5] He was co-executor (with Augustus Agelasto, his brother) of their father's estate. Solicitors: Broad & Son, 1, Great Winchester Street, EC2, London. "... a good friend to Selwyn College and the Cambridge Rowing Scene..." The Jerry Agelasto and the Joan Agelasto are two competitive rowing boats held by the Selwyn College Boat Club, University of Cambridge, England. The pair were launched on 13 Apr 2004. They honor him and his wife, Joan, who took a life-long interest in SCBC rowing, as both collegiate athlete and alumnus. See, A.P. McEldowney.A Personal History of the Selwyn College Boat Club. (U.K.: 1972). A John Agelasto, 12 Merton Street, Cambridge, was a master at the Bedford School in 1952 where he taught Simon Murray and his brother Anthony and was the French teacher of Stephen J Haggie. He rowed in various regatta as cox (8st 6lb) for the Thames Rowing Club: Thames Challenge Cup, The Times (London), 3 Jul 1933, p 6; 6 Jul 1933, p 7; 8 Jul 1933, p 7; Kingston Amateur Regatta - Coronation Cup, 17 Jul 1933, The Times (London), p 3. Also, The Henley Royal Regatta, The Times (London), 2 Jul 1928, p 6, 30 Jul 1928, p 4; 23 Sep 1929, p 5; 1 Dec 1926, p 6; 27 Nov 1926, p 4. Attended the funeral of Emmanuel M Rodocanachi, according to The Times (London), 18 Feb 1932. His estate has contributed toward courtyard development of The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. Agelasto photograph album, 1926-1928, created by Gerry Agelasto, is archived at Cambridge University, reference SEPH/5/1. It comprises photographs of Old Court (3); degree day, 1928 (2); Selwyn boats and river views, 1926-8 (13); Tailteann regatta in Cork, Ireland, undated (28); punting and the Orchard Tearooms , undated (12); Long Stanton vicarage, undated (2); groups of undergraduates (11); With press cuttings. The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Ivy Cottage, Lover Rd, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, lists John T Agelasto, b. 31 Jul 1906, Company Director and wife Evie J Agelasto, b. 15 Feb. 1913.
  Person ID	I205	Agelasto
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Tryphon Emmanuel A. (Augustus) Agelasto,   b. 10 Jun 1862, 171 Falkner Terrace, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 21 Jun 1947, 30 Fairacres, Roehampton Lane, London, England UK (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Christine (John) Agelasto,   b. 23 Jul 1871, London, England UK d. 11 Nov 1935, Roughwood Park, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England UK (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1903	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	Marriage Witnesses: S. A. Agelasto and Athanasios D. Macropoulos; A. Paraschis presiding; entry 240. [6] Argenti says 23 Oct 1903. Marriage announcement appeared in The Times (London), 27 Oct 1903, p 1. Marriage date from certificate in possession of their granddaughter Carolyn.
  Family ID	F79	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evie Joan (Wilfred) Gosling,   b. 15 Feb 1913, Crawley Down, Sussex, England UK d. 07 Aug 2000, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England UK (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1934	Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England UK
  	Engagement/marriage announcements in The Times (London), 23 Feb, 9 Aug & 18 Aug 1934, p 17, 13 & 1.
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Family ID	F109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Jul 1906 - Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England UK Christening - 17 Nov 1906 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Marriage - 16 Aug 1934 - Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England UK Death - 11 Feb 2001 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		The Jerry Agelasto: Men's coxed VIII (Janusek)
  		John Tryphon Agelasto, (unknown), Augustus (Tryphon) Agelasto
  		John Tryphon Agelasto and Joan Gosling Agelasto
  		Cavandish Sq. W, London, England (Margaret St) photo 2009; the addresses on the south side of Cavandish Square (i.e., Margaret Street) have been replaced. Tryphon E. A. Agelasto and his family lived at 28 Cavandish Sq. in 1916, before their move to Roughwood.
  		Cavandish Sq. W, London, England The low numbered addresses still exist and suggest what the Agelasto residence would have looked like.
  		Cavandish Sq. W, London, England View through the park.
  		17 Palace Court, London, England photo 2009; Tryphon Agelasto is listed in the phone directory at this address, 1912-1917.
  		17 Palace Court, London, England
  		Palace Court, London, England street view
  		Moat House Bedford, 2 St. Marys Street, Bedford, England photo 2009; The hotel was constructed in 1968 and refurbished in 1999. John and Joan Agelasto lived at The Moat House, Sharnbrook, Bedford, in 1933, which is nearby, "still there and looking lovely" according to their daughter Carolyn.
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  		Inverness Terrace, London, England photo 2009; the area of high street numbers on this street has changed. Tryphon Agelasto lived at 115 Inverness Terrace, Bayswater, with his family around 1906.
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  		Long Road, Cambridge, England (even numbers) photo 2009; John and Joan Agelasto lived at 98 Long Road, Cambridge. The area appears to have been redeveloped.
  		The Hollies Private Retirement Homes, 11 Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, England photo 2009; the retirement community where John and Joan Agelasto lived out their lives.
  		6 Martin Lane, London, England photo 2009; this building, with a public house, is the approximate location where R.S.Cunningham & Agelasto, General Merchants and Agents, operated: 8/9 Martin Lane.
  		Brothers John and Augustus 'Gu' Agelasto Gu the taller; both in school uniforms; photo courtesy Carolyn Agelasto Hughes
  		John & Gu Agelasto photo courtesy Carolyn Agelasto Hughes
  		Gu, Cyril and John Agelasto photo c1925, courtesy Carolyn Hughes Agelasto, who says the brothers admired Cyril, a war hero. This is the only photo we have of Cyril John Agelasto.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Liquidation of R.S.Cunningham & [John Tryphon] Agelasto, Merchants London Gazette 3 Apr 1959
  		John (Tryphon) Agelasto baptism - St Sophia collection
  		John Tryphon Agelasto, Sherborne School, Dorset The Sherborne Register, 4th ed., 1550-1950 (Old Shirburnian Society, 1950)
  		A Personal History of the Selwyn College Boat Club A.P. McEldowney

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Agelasto family tree, number 205. [S124] 1911 England Census. [S128] 1939 England and Wales Register. [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Apr 1983, 16. Records of Baptisms from the Church of St. Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater [S94] UK National Archives. BT 31/37749/273911 [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Aug 1983, 12. Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]