Calliope Despina (Theodore) Coronio

Notes:

Calliope Despina Coronio was photographed by Camille Silvy, albumen print, 1860, 3 3/8 in. x 2 1/8 in. (86 mm x 55 mm) image size; Purchased, 1904; NPG Ax50445

Christened:
God-parents: Constantine Ionides.

Died:
Left an estate worth £4,032.00 to Emmanuel Michael Rodocanachi (banker), W. F. Craies (barrister) and Penelope Alaexander Ionides (spinster). Her mother committed suicide the day after Calliope's death.

Buried:
Burial record a38123. Archimandrite Agathangelos Moschovakis officiating.

burial plot no. 30480, no. 76 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 13620, no. 38123

Calliope married Paraskeva (Ambrose) Sechiari on 24 Dec 1889 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Paraskeva (son of Ambrose (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Penelope (Georges) Zizinia) was born on 27 Oct 1851 in boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 23 Jul 1905 in 1a Holland Park, London, England UK; was buried on 27 Jul 1905 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Witnesses: Isabella D. Ionides and M. L. Ionides; Dionysios Plaisas presiding; entry 173.

1. Panteleon (Paraskeva) Sechiari was born on 13 Jul 1887 in London, England UK; was christened on 13 Jul 1887 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 14 Jul 1887 in London, England UK; was buried on 15 Jul 1887 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK.
2. Maria Isabella (Paraskeva) Sechiari was born on 02 Feb 1892 in London, England UK; was christened on 14 May 1892 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 23 Jan 1945 in Sevenoaks & Holmesdale Hospital, Sevenoaks, Kent, England UK.

Notes:

UK Naturalisation: Theodore John Coronio, Greece, 14 Mar 1853; certificate 0530.

Residence: at DOD, Holland Park, London, England

Occupation: merchant

26 Sep 1851: Theodore Z. Coronio, 25, unmarried, born Chios, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Theodorie J. Coronio was listed as a member of the Baltic Exchange, 1886 (Harlaftis, A History of Greek-owned Shipping, p. 58); Theodore J. Coronio, 153 Cullum House, London, is listed among the 96 Greek members of the Baltic Exchange 1860-69.

He was co-partners with Charles George Davids in Coronio and Davids, 21 Great St Helen's, London, which filed for bankruptcy (London Gazette 14 Apr 1874, 19 May 1874, 26 Jun 1874).

He invested in The Bank of London, listed as merchant, Lombard Street, London (London Gazette 27 Feb 1858, 26 Feb 1859).

He was a broker, in partnership with M.B. Manuel in the firm Coronio and Manuel, 18 Culum [Cullum] Street, London until dissolved 2 Jul 1867 (London Gazette 9 Jul 1867).

Negroponte Bros. & Coronio was a firm in Manchester (The Times [London] 3 Nov 1843).

T.J. Coronio contributed £1 1s in the subscription for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (Manchester Times 20 Jul 1850).

1851 England census: Bury New Road, Salford, Broughton [Manchester] household headed by John Contostavlos, 21, merchant of silk & cotton goods; brother Leonard, 18, his apprentice; Theodore Coronio, 23, cousin, merchant of silk & cotton goods, all b. Greece; nephew Constantine Lambrenad, 24, merchant of silk & cotton goods, b. Turkey; & 2 servants.

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.

Law case 1864: Appellant: George Michael Papayani, Basilio Papayani, William Porter, Francis W Reynolds, William Blain and S H Laugenbach, all of Liverpool, M E Mavrogordato and Theodore J Coronio, both of London, S N Frangapulo, P Theologo Charalampo Constantinidi, Jacob Longson, Michael Trueman, John Edward Wilson and George Triandifillid, all of Manchester, owners of the screw steamship Amalia Respondent: Owners of the late Belgian steamship Marie de Brabant Subject: Collision between said vessels on 15 May 1863 Lower Court: High Court of Admiralty of England

Art collector: His father-in-law Alexander Constantine Ionides, likely influenced him to collect art. He bought paintings "from James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who in turn introduced him to the work of Henri Fantin-Latour which he also began to collect." (Daphne Casdagli). E.g., "Fleurs et fruits," 1865, according to Christies website. See his correspondence with James McNeill Whistler.


Birth:
1826 according to his tomb (though no mention of Syros which is according to Metaxa). Another source says 1827 (Christopher Long).

1830 Chios, according to Sturdza

Buried:
burial register entry a32910; 'removed from Hammersmith Mortuary'

Ant Paraschis officiating; Greek Gazette says 17 Mar 1903

burial plot no. 30480, no. 76 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 12968, no. 32910

Died:
Estate valued at £98 16s. 3d. administered to his widow.

Theodore married Aglaia (Alexander) Ionides in 1855 in London, England UK. Aglaia (daughter of Alexander Constantine (Constantine) Ionides and Euterpe (Lucas) Sgouta) was born on 20 Dec 1834 in London, England UK; died on 20 Aug 1906 in 1a Holland Park, London, England UK; was buried on 23 Aug 1906 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Witness: Constantine A. Ionides.

Notes:

The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros, reports a household consisting of Zannis Z. Coronio, 65, parent, merchant; his wife, Despina, 57; sons Zorzis, 30, unmarried, merchant; Epaminondas, unmarried, 25, commercial clerk; daughter Aspasia, 19, unmarried.

22 Apr 1840: Zannis Z., 43, married, born Chios, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Name:
Jean on his son Georges' death certificate.

Zannis married Despina (Theodore) Negroponte on 01 Sep 1855 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Despina (daughter of Theodore (Ambrosios) Negroponte and Zambelou (Zannis) Scanavi) was born in 1808 in Chios, Greece; died in 1891 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros, reports a household consisting of Zannis Z. Coronio, 65, parent, merchant; his wife, Despina, 57; sons Zorzis, 30, unmarried, merchant; Epaminondas, unmarried, 25, commercial clerk; daughter Aspasia, 19, unmarried.

Name:
Name is Marie Despina Negraponte on her son Jean's death certificate.

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.

Notes:

1815 Vienna city directory lists Theodor Negroponte under Negroponte und Georguffopulo.

Died:
Sturdza says 6 May 1822 during the massacre.

Theodore married Zambelou (Zannis) Scanavi. Zambelou (daughter of Zannis (Constantine) Scanavi and Arghyro [Scanavi]) was born in 1764 in Chios, Greece; died on 03 Sep 1847 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her brother Constantine is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.