Miltiades (Menalaus) Negroponte^{[1, 2]}

1873 - 1951  (78 years)

• Name	Miltiades (Menalaus) Negroponte
  	Miltiade Negropontes on the birth certificate.
  Birth	04 Apr 1873	rue Montgrand 39, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Signatory witness to his birth included his uncle Anthase Vagliano, 27, merchant, rue Montgrand 39, Marseille. DOB from certificate. Sturza says 3 Apr 1873.
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Apr 1951	Athens, Attica, Greece
  Notes	Miltiades Negroponte served as finance minister under President Venizelos from 14 Jun 1917 to 4 Nov 1920. M. Michel Negroponti, ancien député, ministre des finances is included in the Greek government established 14 Oct 1916, Le XIXe siècle (Paris), 15 Oct 1916, p. 2. Negropontis was appointed to the Venizelos cabinet as minister of agriculture and land, 27 Jun 1917. Le XIXe siècle (Paris), 28 Jun 1917, p. 1. Dr. of Law, Leipzig; prefet de Cephalonie 1904, depute de l'Attique 1910-1920, ministre des Finances 1916-1917, 1917-1920; president du comite d'assistance des refugies a Salonique, conseiller de la Banque de Grece (Sturza). Occupation: politician and lawyer. Grand Officer of the Order of The Saviour. Helen (who in 1915 is already listed as widow) lived after her husband's death with her father at 12 Othonos St. Some time later they both seem to have moved to 4 Amalias St, St. Negroponte's domicile, which means that St. must have been a very close relative to theirs -- George Agelastos Cycling, 1898: président, Véloce-Club Athénien, 6, rue Auchesne; Délégués à l'étranger: Athènes (Grèce), M. Negroponti, Miltiade, I, Licabete, Revue mensuelle, Touring-club de France, 15 Jan 1898, p. 35. He was a witness at the Athens marriage of Lt. Lelay and Suzanne (Jacques) Bonnier, Le Gaulois, 10 Jun 1920, p. 2. According to Nikos Karabelas in 2014, he appears in two photographs taken during the 1912/13 Balkan wars, inscribed in an album by Prince Nicholas; ?We have photos of a Mr. M. Negroponte, a rather late mid-ager, who is a sergeant volunteer automobile driver in Epirus.? (Christopher Long)
  Person ID	I1207	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Menelaus (Zannis) Negroponte,   b. 1838, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 27 Jan 1893, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Eleni (Andreas) Vagliano,   b. 17 Apr 1854, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 16 Mar 1927, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1872	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	This marriage is not indexed in the Marseille register.
  Family ID	F511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria (Otto) Lüders,   b. 16 Apr 1877, Athens, Attica, Greece d. 1962 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1895	Athens, Attica, Greece
  Children	1. Helene (Miltiades) Negroponte,   b. 1898, Athens, Attica, Greece d. 08 Dec 1971, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 04 Apr 1873 - rue Montgrand 39, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Marriage - 17 Apr 1895 - Athens, Attica, Greece Death - 16 Apr 1951 - Athens, Attica, Greece  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Miltiades Negroponte A leaflet related to elections for the Greek Parliament. Miltiades Negroponte was running for Deputy of Attica and Boeotia (two districts near Athens) with the Liberal Party. The anchor perhaps hints at the maritime tradition of Chios, his place of origin. Photo courtesy of Greek and linked European Families website.
  		Miltiades Negroponte From the website: Greek and linked European Families
  		rue Montgrand 39, Marseille, France photo 2009
  		rue Montgrand 37-39, Marseille, France photo 2009
  		Miltiades Negroponte, circa 1912/13 A sergeant volunteer automobile driver in Epirus; photo taken during the 1912/13 Balkan wars, inscribed in an album by Prince Nicholas.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Miltiades (Menalaus) Negroponte birth certificate
  		Philip L. Chryssoveloni, Chios through the Ages (Athens, 1937) Miltiades Menalaus Negroponte is mentioned on page 67.
  		1915 Athens directory Helen Negroponte lived at 12 Othonos St and M Negroponte, landowner, at 4 Othonos St.
  		1915 Athens directory II He is listed in another 1915 Athens city directory
  		1920 Athens directory It lists Miltiades Negroponte, Finance Minister (of the Greek State), 12 Othonos St (same address as his daughter Helen Negreponte in the 1915 directory). -- George Agelastos.
  		1921 Athens directory Listed as ex-Finance Minister, 4 Amalias St.
  		1899 Athens directory Miltiade Negropontes was president of the editorial board of the "Revue Velocipedique et Athletique d'Orient," Athens, 1899.
  		1899 Athens directory M. Negropontis was on the board of the Music Society of Athens, 1899.
  		1928 Athens directory He is listed in the 1928 Athens city directory. George Agelastos reports: An article in the Chios newspaper I Alithia (The truth), 19 Jan 2010, describes important Athens buildings built and/or owned by wealthy (and noble!) Chiots. One of these was the "Miltiades Negroponte building" at the most central (and noblest!) place of Athens: at Syntagma (Constitution) Square, directly opposite the Greek Parliament which formerly was the King's Palace. That building (it still existed in the 1950s but has been replaced by a modern one) was situated at the corner Amalias/Othonos St. It must have been a quite big building with numerous flats and business facilities in the ground floor. It probably had two entrances, one from Amalias and another from Othonos Street. George concludes: these two addresses "12 Othonos St" and "4 Amalias St" found in the 1915, 1921 and 1933 directories were both in the same building, owned by Miltiades Negroponte. This might also mean (possibly but not necessarily) that all persons listed as living or having their business in that building (Miltiades & daughter Helen, St[ylianos?] Negroponte as well as M. Agelasto) were in some way related to each other.
  		1905 Athens directory Miltiade Negropontis is listed among the directors of the Oriental Bank, Athens, 1905.
  		1905 Athens phone directory This man may be listed for phone no. 1 in the 1905 Athens phonebook.
  		1905 Athens phone directory M. Negroponte is listed for phone no. 76 in the 1905 Athens phonebook (in French).

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 272. [S49] Χρυσοβελόνης, Φίλιππος Λ [Philip L. Chryssoveloni], Χίος και Χίοι διά μέσου των αιώνων, (digital document, originally published Athens,1937), 67.