Jacques (Jacob) Negroponte

Notes:

Sturdza calls him Jacques and Jean. Argenti calls him Jean. First husband of Calliope.

John James Negreponte along with James Constantine Negreponte [possibly Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte], and Leonidas Vernudachi retired on 31 Mar 1861 from a partnership consisting of John Sten. Schilizzi, Eml. Halduvachi, John Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul John Schilizzi, Michele P. Mavrogordato, Giovanni Vafiadacchi, Z. Stef. Schilizzi, Demetrius J. Paspali, Ambo. M. Cappari, Jean F. Paspatti, A. Z. Caridia, M. F. Paspatti, D. Stef. Schilizzi, and N. P. Caridia. The firms operated as merchants, at London, Manchester, and Calcutta, under the firm of Schilizzi and Co.; at Leghorn, under the firm of Schilizzi and Vafiadacchi; at Constantinople, under the firm of Z. Stefanovich and Co.; at Taganrog, under the firm of A. M. Cappari; and at Rostoff, under the firm of John F. Paspatti (London Gazette 27 Dec 1861).

John J. Negreponte, Alexandria, Banker, was a partner in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 28 Feb 1874).

With his father, James Constantine Negreponte [Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte] and his brothers, Constantine James Negreponte [Constantine (Jacob) Negroponte], and Michael (Jacob) Negreponte [Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte, he was partners in the firm of C & M Negreponte, merchants(London Gazette 28 Nov 1865).

John Jas Negreponte, banker, Alexandria was a partner in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1875). Previously listed as John James Negreponte (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873).

John J. Negroponte (£15), P.P. Negroponte (£5), C.J. Negroponte (£5), Sophocles Spartali (£5), A.S. Agelasto (£5), C.T. Rodocanachi (£15), were among contributors to the Cephalonia Relief Fund (Liverpool Mercury 26 Mar 1867).

J.J. Negroponte attended a conference of the Liberal party at Liverpool (Liverpool Mercury 20 Jun 1865).

Negroponte Bros. was likely the brothers Constantine (born 1834) and Jacques (born 1838), sons of Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte. Negroponte Brothers & Co, merchants, handled the disposal of damaged and irregular American cotton (Liverpool Mercury, 24 Aug 1869).

A classified ad in The Times, 7 Feb 1866, pg. 1, offered a reward for a letter lost in London containing a £330 bill of exchange drawn by M.J. Negroponte, Alexandria, upon John J. Negroponte, Liverpool.

John Jacob Negroponte, 30, merchant, was on the voter list for Syros, 1869.

Residence: -1869 Syros; 1873- Alexandria.

11 Feb 1860: John Jacob Negroponte, 21, born Ermoupolis, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no substantive data given)

Died:
DOD from probate.

His estate of under ￡9000 went to his widow.

Jacques married Calliope (Ioannis) Sinadino on 03 May 1869 in Alexandria, Egypt. Calliope (daughter of Ioannis (Constantin) Sinadino and Polyxeni (Ambrouzis) Schilizzi) was born on 18 Jan 1851 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 23 Oct 1927 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1908, 45 Avenue Montaigne, Paris 8e, France.

The baron de Braam was sentenced to six months in prison for passing a packet of cocaine to M. Jacques Negropontin (sic) in a hotel of the Champs-Elysees. La Grimace. Satirique, politique, littéraire [Paris], 20 May 1917, p. 3.

Jacques married Marguerite (Arthur) Harel on 10 Aug 1893 in La Chesnai, Indre-et-Loire, France. Marguerite (daughter of Arthur Harel and Fannie Marie Antoinette de Bragard) was born about 1871 in Mauritius. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Education: l'Ecole Saint-Cyr, Paris.

Died:
Argenti says 1 May 1914.

Michael married Eugenie (John) Antoniadi on 16 Apr 1896 in Alexandria, Egypt, and was divorced before 1909. Eugenie (daughter of Sir John Antoniadi and Chariclee Eustratiou) was born on 18 Oct 1874 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 25 Dec 1917 in villa Bassaraba, Publier, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leopoldine Adele Lucie Jeanne (Charles) Hugo. Leopoldine was born on 29 Sep 1869 in Brussels [Bruxelles], Belgium; died on 30 Nov 1941 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in cimetière de Passy, 2 Rue du Commandant Schloesing, Paris16ème, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1911 England census for School House, College Road, Clifton, Bristol included student Jack Negroponte, 16, b. Ramleh, Alexandria, Egypt, French national.

Birth:
Argenti says he was born in Paris.

Died:
2nd Lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regt. Killed on The Somme and buried at Puchevillers British War Cemetery.

Buried:
Plot: I. D. 62.