Aglaia (Alexander) Ionides

Notes:

Residence: 1906, 1a Holland Park, Middlesex, London, England.


She was a well-known literary hostess and a friend of the Pre-Raphaelite artists. She posed for Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), while William Morris (1834-1896), G.F. Watts (1817-1904) and George du Maurier (1834-1896) were frequent guests at her house. Du Maurier described her as "one of the most charming women" in the London artists' circle of the mid-nineteenth century. She had a warm friendship with William Morris.

She made dresses used by Burne-Jones in his paintings.

Maria Cassavetti, along with her cousins Aglaia Coronio and Marie Spartali, "whose beauty, wealth, and independence of mind made them popular in London art circles, she was known as one of the Three Graces."

Drawn by Rossetti in 1870. Appears (far left) in Burne-Jones's ‘The Mill’ (1870-82) - Ionides Collection, V&A. With Mary Cassavetti and Marie Spartali she was one of the Pre-Raphaelite ‘Three Graces’.

Her portrait was painted three times by G. F. Watts and also by Legros, Meadows and Cousens. Friend of Burne-Jones and of William Morris.

The 1881 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Alexander C. Ionides, 70, retired merchant and late cousul general of Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Euterpe, 64, both b. Constantinople; grandsons Andrew A., 4; Ambrose A, 2 3/4; George A. 1 3/4; granddaughter Aglaia, 6 months, all b. London; & 6 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 54, merchant, b. Constantinople, British subject; wife Aglaia [daughter of Alexander and Euterpe], 45, b. London, Finsbury Circus; daughter Calliope, 24; son John, 23, both b. Tulse Hill, London; & 3 servants.

The 1891 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Alexander A. Ionides, 51, cousul general of Greece, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey; wife Isabel, 37, b. Marseille; Andre A., 14; George A. 12; daughter Aglaia, 10; Penelope, 9, all b. London Kensington; & 7 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 66, b. Greece; wife [Aglaia daughter of Alexander and Euterpe Ionides], 50, b. London; daughter Calliope, 33; son John, 23, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey; son-in-law Paraskeva Sechiari, 38, stock broker - agent, b. Marseille; & 3 servants.

The 1901 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Isabel Ionides, 47, widow, b. Marseille, British subject; sons Andre A, 24, commercial clerk; Ambrose C, 22, commercial broker; George A, 21, clerk; daughter Aglaia, 20, living on own means, all b. Kensington, London; visitor & 4 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 72, retired living on own means, b. Syros, British subject; wife Aglaia [daughter of Alexander and Euterpe Ionides], 64; daughter Calliope Sechiari, 44, both b. London; son-in-law Paraskeva Sechiari, 48, banker (Rodocanachi), b. Marseille, naturalized British subject; granddaughter Isabel M., 9, b. London & 4 servants.

Birth:
DOB on tombstone

Died:
Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 21 Aug 1906.

Buried:
Burial record a38121. Archimandrite Agathangelos Moschovakis officiating.

burial plot no. 30480, no. 76 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 13620, no. 38121

Aglaia married Theodore John (Zannis) Coronio in 1855 in London, England UK. Theodore (son of Zannis (Zorzis) Coronio and Despina (Theodore) Negroponte) was born on 18 Feb 1826 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 11 Mar 1903 in Central London Railway, London, England UK; was buried on 16 Mar 1903 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Marriage Witness: Constantine A. Ionides.

1. Calliope Despina (Theodore) Coronio was born on 27 May 1856 in Tulse Hill, London, England UK; was christened on 06 Aug 1856 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK; died on 19 Aug 1906 in London, England UK; was buried on 23 Aug 1906 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK.
2. John (Theodore) Coronio was born on 28 Dec 1857 in Tulse Hill, London, England UK; was christened on 11 Jul 1858 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 11 Sep 1910 in Argentina.

Notes:

Founders of the Greek Orthodox Cemetery at West Norwood included John Stephen Schilizzi, Eustracio Ralli, Antonio Ralli [likely Antonios (Alexander) Ralli] and Alexander Constantine Ionides. Calapodis lists John Schilizzi, Antonios Ralli and Eustratios Ralli.

Residence, England: 1871, Oxbridge Road, Holland Park, London; 1881, 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London; at DOD Windycroft High Wickham, Hasting, Sussex.

Died:
Estate valued at £28874 18s. 10d.; will proved by sons Constantine, Luke and Alexander.

Buried:
Archimandrite D. Plesas officiating

He is not listed for the Ionides family vault.

Alexander married Euterpe (Lucas) Sgouta in 1832 in London, England UK. Euterpe was born on 20 May 1816 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 11 Feb 1892 in Windycroft, Hastings, East Sussex, England UK; was buried on 15 Feb 1892 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1881 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Alexander C. Ionides, 70, retired merchant and late cousul general of Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Euterpe, 64, both b. Constantinople; grandsons Andrew A., 4; Ambrose A, 2 3/4; George A. 1 3/4; granddaughter Aglaia, 6 months, all b. London; & 6 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 54, merchant, b. Constantinople, British subject; wife Aglaia [daughter of Alexander and Euterpe], 45, b. London, Finsbury Circus; daughter Calliope, 24; son John, 23, both b. Tulse Hill, London; & 3 servants.

The 1871 England census: Oxbridge Road, Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Alexander Constantine Ionides, 60, wine merchant, naturalized British subject; wife Euterpe, 54, both b. Constantinople; daughter Charidee A., 27; b. Tulse Hill, & 2 servants.

Died:
Her estate valued at £587 17s. 8d. was administered by son Constantine.

Buried:
Archimandrite D. Plesas officiating

She is not listed for the Ionides family vault, West Norwood.