1812 - 1882

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• Birth	1812
  Gender	Male
  Died	04 Jul 1882
  	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).
  Buried	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England   [1]
  	"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."
  Person ID	I1011	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2010 01:30:44
  Family	Nina (Paul) Mavrogordato, b. 1827
  Children	> 1. Fanny (Antonios) Ralli, b. 24 Jul 1850, Liverpool, England > 2. Antonina (Antonios) Ralli, b. 04 Jun 1866, London, England
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2010 15:53:55
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet

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• Photos		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	Greek merchants' delegation with Lord Derby The Times (London) 6 Feb 1878)

• 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.

• Sources

  [S7] Hellenic enclosure of the South Metropolitan (West Norwood) Cemetery, Theodoropoulou-Polychroniadis, Zetta, (Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, 2002), 13, 2002.