Leonidas (George) Zarifi^{[1, 2]}

1840 - 1923  (82 years)

• Name	Leonidas (George) Zarifi
  Birth	16 Dec 1840	Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  	Sturdza says 1839
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Mar 1923	Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece
  	Another source says died 1929 (Christopher Long) DOD 31 July 1923 according to UK probate
  Notes	Occupation: Banker, Constantinople and Marseille; until his death headed the banking house Zarifi-Eugenidi with Eustathios Eugenidi. A 1910 sketch by Hassan shows a Leonidas and George Zarifi, Count Ostrorog, etc. (Christopher Long) Bought a number of properties mostly on Princes Islands in the Bosphorus including an orphanage. He and his family wintered in mansions in Tepebasi and spent the summer on the Bosphorus. (Christopher Long) His house at Therapia was sold by his sons in 1935. It was occupied by the American diplomat Morgenthau (married to a Ralli) during WWI, when Leonidas and Euphrosyne took refuge in Switzerland (cf. Henry Morgenthau, 'Secrets of the Bosphorus'). A 1911 discussion in the British House of Commons referred to the Imperial Ottoman Bank group as including Theodore Mavrogordato, Ulysse Negroponte, Georges Zarifi, Georges Coronio, Eustache Eugenidi, Z. Stefanovich, Leonidas Zarifi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi and A Vlasto. Residence: at DOD 23 Rue Tepi-Bachi, Constantinople, Turkey. Leonidas Zarifi is among the 15 bankers who signed an agreement with the Ottoman government in Nov 1879 to ensure sufficient capital, A. Du Velay, Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie : depuis le règne du sultan Mahmoud II jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1903, p. 400.
  Person ID	I1434	Agelasto
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family	Euphrosyne (George) Nicolopoulo,   b. 1857, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 14 Nov 1933, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1879	Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara, Turkey
  Children	+ 1. Hélène (Leonidas) Zarifi,   b. 10 Jun 1882, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 15 Apr 1976, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Dec 1840 - Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Marriage - 20 Sep 1879 - Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara, Turkey Death - 01 Mar 1923 - Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Leonidas Zarifi
  		Leonidas George Zarifi by Camille Silvy (1861) Leonidas George Zarifi was photographed by Camille Silvy; Collection National Portrait Gallery, London--albumen print, 28 October 1860, 4 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (122 mm x 96 mm) image size
  		Leonidas George Zarifi by Camille Silvy (1861) Leonidas George Zarifi was photographed by Camille Silvy; Collection National Portrait Gallery, London--albumen print, 28 October 1860, 4 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (122 mm x 96 mm) image size
  		Leonidas Zarifi 1929 probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] National Portrait Gallery, London UK. [S107] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.