Despina (Eustratius) Ralli^{[1, 2]}

1835 - 1885  (50 years)

• Name	Despina (Eustratius) Ralli
  Birth	1835	Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Oct 1885	Davos, Switzerland
  	Her estate of ￡1613 14s. went to her widower. [3]
  Burial	17 Oct 1885	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK   [5]
  	buried in plot 15263, sq 28, no. 5 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 8250, no. 65981 [4] Archimandrite Jerome presiding.
  Notes	Her father bequeathed her £50,000 upon trust for life and then as to £5,000 thereof for her daughter Marigo (who received separately £10,000 upon trust) (Daily News London, 5 Dec 1884). Two daughters of Eustratios Stephanos Ralli & Maria Zannis Mavrogordato -- Despina and her sister Calliope -- are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree. 1881 England census: 56 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by Emmanuel A. Mavrogordato, 51, East India merchant, b. Turkey; wife Despina, 45, b. Manchester; daughters Julia, 22, b. London; Marigo, 16, b. Brighton, Sussex; son Antonio, 7, b. London; mother Julia, 74, interest on money, Turkey; & 14 servants. The 1871 England Census reports the household living at 56 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London: Emmanuel Mavrogordato, head, 41, East India general merchant, born Constantinople; wife Despina, 35, born Manchester; children Antonio, 14; Julia, 12; Marigio, 6; Eustratiaus, 1, all born Paddington, and 6 domestic servants. Her husband is referred to as one of four prominent Mavrogordato merchants, with connections to the Ralli family by marriage. [6]
  Person ID	I356	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Emmanuel Antonios (Antonios) Mavrogordato,   b. 1830, Greece d. 26 Aug 1909, Great Central Hotel, Marylebone Road, London UK (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	01 Mar 1856	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	This union is cited in a list of 17 marriage alliances that connected Ralli Bros employees in India with the Rallis through intermarriage. [7] Witnesses/Sponsors: S. Mavrogordato & C. Ralli; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 30 [8]
  Children	1. Marigo (Emmanuel) Mavrogordato,   b. 23 Nov 1864, Brighton, Sussex, England UK d. 04 Jul 1924, London, England UK (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1835 - Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Marriage - 01 Mar 1856 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Death - 10 Oct 1885 - Davos, Switzerland Burial - 17 Oct 1885 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		56 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England Marigo E. Mavrgordato lived at this address with her parents in 1871; photo 2009.
  		56 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England detail

  
  

  Documents		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 15263, sq 28, no. 5 on Greek plan
  		Despina Mavrogordato 1890 Probate

  
  

  Headstones

  West Norwood Cemetery Emmanuel Ant. Mavrogordato family tomb, including Marigo Negroponte, d. 1924 age 58; Eustratius Emanuel Mavrogordato (1870 - 1946) & Elsie Josephine Mavrogordato (1874-1958)

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] 1871 England Census. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Aug 1977, 3. [S79] John Athanasios Mazis, The Greeks of Odessa, (2004: East European Monographs, Boulder/Columbia University Press, New York ), 41. [S45] Paul Byron Norris, Ulysses in the Raj, (BACSA, 1992; ISBN 0907799469), 123. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Feb 1977, 12. Records of Marriages from the Church of Our Saviour [London]