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Theodore Michel (Michael) Mavrogordato[1]
 1883 - 1941

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  • Birth  31 Jul 1883  London Street, Katherine Creechurch, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Birth notice appeared in The Times (London) 2 Aug 1883, pg. 1.
    Christened  21 Aug 1883  St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • God-parents: Marigo Sechiari (represented by Arghyro G. Argenti).
    Gender  Male 
    Died  24 Aug 1941  Dalwhinnie, Limpsfield, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Estate valued at £84083 2s 4d, administered 3 Oct 1941 by his brother George Michel Mavrogordato, banker, and Pandia Lambrinudi (UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1853-1943).
    • Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 26 Aug 1941, pg. 6. "He died in his sleep after returning home from duty with the Home Guard."
    Buried  29 Aug 1941  Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial plot section 28 #35594.
    Person ID  I1337  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified  31 Dec 2008 00:00:46 
     
    Father  Michael George (Zorzis) Mavrogordato, b. 02 Sep 1843, Livorno, Italy/Tuscany  
    Mother  Fanny (Theodore) Sechiari, b. 08 Feb 1854, allees des Capucines 20, Marseille, France  
    Family ID  F563  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Mabel Bramwell (Peter) Squire, b. 28 Jul 1881, London, England  
    Married  19 Jul 1924  St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) 22 Jul 1924.
    Last Modified  31 Dec 2008 07:38:11 
    Family ID  F579  Group Sheet
     
  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 29 Aug 1941 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos Theodore Michel Mavrogordato Theodore Michel Mavrogordato
    60-62 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England60-62 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
    The Michael G. Mavrogordato family lived at 62 Westbourne Terrace from 1873-1920; photo 2009.
    18 Albion Street, London, England18 Albion Street, London, England
    photo 2009; Theodore M Mavrogordato lived at this address.
    18 Albion Street, London, England18 Albion Street, London, England
    Plaque indicates this was the earlier home of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863).
    30 Hyde Park Gardens, London, England30 Hyde Park Gardens, London, England
    photo 2009; Theodore M Mavrogordato used this Paddington address in 1941.
    Lancaster Gate, London, EnglandLancaster Gate, London, England
    photo 2009; in 1933 Theodore M Mavrogordato lived at 1 Lancaster Gate Terrace, W.2., a street that does not exist today.
    65 London Wall, E.C.2, London, England65 London Wall, E.C.2, London, England
    photo 2009; the offices of P.P. Rodocanachi & Co, bankers, operating in the 1950s.
    42 Old Broad Street, London, England42 Old Broad Street, London, England
    photo 2009; London renewed. P.P. Rodocanachi & Co. operated from 40/41 Old Broad Street, EC 2, London (1927-1941).
     
    Documents Theodore Michel Mavrogordato's WWI medal cardTheodore Michel Mavrogordato's WWI medal card
     
    Headstones West Norwood CemeteryWest Norwood Cemetery
    Theodore Michel Mavrogordato (1883-1941) and Jenny (Theodore) Sechiari (1861-1926); photo by Parker Agelasto
     
  • Notes 
    • Residence, London, England: 18 Albion Street; 1926, 1933, 1 Lancaster Gate Terrace, W.2.; 1941, 30 Hyde Park Gardens, Paddington.
    • Occupation: Partner in London merchant bank P. P. Rodocanachi & Co. Ltd. Business address at death: 40-41 Old Broad Street, London.
    • Education: Westminster School. Christ Church, Oxford.
    • Winner of the 1911 Mixed Doubles Championship at Wimbledon, England, with his future wife. Davis Cup player for England in 1914 and 1919-20. Major in the RASC in WWl. Presumably the T. M. Mavrogordato who was the owner of a pre-WWl Rolls-Royce no. 22EB.
    • Director of the All England Club Ground Ltd (Wimbledon).
    • A Theodore Mavrocordato served on a committee in 1935 to investigate the problem of limited space in the West Norwood Cemetery.
    • He was a banker with P.P. Rodocanachi & Co., 40/41 Old Broad Street, EC 2, London. Other partners included George Michel Mavrogordato and Constantin Manoli Vassiliadi (London Gazette 25 Feb 1927, 24 Feb 1928, 26 Feb 1929, 18 Feb 1930, 27 Feb 1931, 26 Feb 1932, 24 Feb 1933, 23 Feb 1934, 22 Feb 1935, 21 Feb 1936, 19 Feb 1937, 18 Feb 1938, 18 Feb 1941).
    • WWI: The Army Service Corps, temporary Captain to be temporary Major, T. M. Mavrogordato, 20 Dec 1915. (London Gazette 4 Jan 1916).
    • He was co-executor of the estate of Constantine Manoli Vassiliadi (London Gazette 3 Jun 1932).
    • Occupation: attorney. "George Michel Mavrogordato and Theodore Michel Mavrogordato, the lawful Attorneys of Lucia Caugi and Emilio Caugi..." (London Gazette 4 Oct 1927).
    • He was a co-executor of the estates of Marigo Argenti (née Maria Mavroyanni) and Marguerite Barnes (London Gazette 29 Apr 1932, 20 Feb 1931).
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Hellenic enclosure of the South Metropolitan (West Norwood) Cemetery, Theodoropoulou-Polychroniadis, Zetta, (Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, 2002), 19, 2002.

  

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